Question follow-through · 110503
Fly-tipping: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she taking to help support councils to seize and crush vehicles involved in fly-tipping.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she taking to help support councils to seize and crush vehicles involved in fly-tipping.
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2026
Answer published
Defra has conducted a review of council powers to seize and crush vehicles used by suspected fly-tippers, and we are working to identify how we could help councils make better use of this tool. Defra is exploring options and intend to bring forward best p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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