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Fly-tipping: Cramlington and Killingworth

Asked by Emma FoodyLabour (Co-op)Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 26 July 2024UIN 1118

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of instances of fly tipping in Cramlington and Killingworth constituency in each year since 2010.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Local authorities are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement actions to Defra, which the department have published annually since 2012, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england. This data isn't available at a constituency level and excludes the majority of private-land incidents.

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