Question follow-through · 23830
Fly-tipping: Staffordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle fly-tipping in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to tackle fly-tipping in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
Local authorities have powers to investigate and take enforcement action against offenders, including issuing fixed penalty notices of up to £5,000 (up from £1000 since 1st September) and prosecuting those responsible. In February Defra published best pra...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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