Question follow-through · 125465

Environment Agency: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to allow the Environment Agency's online reporting tool to also send notification of re

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
16 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to allow the Environment Agency's online reporting tool to also send notification of re

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Environment Agency’s Report an environmental problem service enables members of the public to report environmental issues in a more modern and accessible way. The service can be used for people to report water pollution, smells from waste facilities, ...

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