Question follow-through · 103047
Shipping: Pollution Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance is issued to local authorities on recording and recovering costs incurred during environmental clean-up operations following maritime incidents; and whether such gu
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 5 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jan 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance is issued to local authorities on recording and recovering costs incurred during environmental clean-up operations following maritime incidents; and whether such gu
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jan 2026
Answer published
MHCLG is not responsible for maritime or environmental clean-up operations. The Lead Government Department responsibility for these sits with the Department for Transport and the Environment Agency, which are responsible for guidance to local authorities ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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