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Waste: Prosecutions

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 11 June 2025UIN 57070

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions have been brought for offences related to waste crime in the last five years.

Answered by Mary Creagh

In the five years up to March 2025 the EA has brought 341 prosecutions against companies and individuals for waste crime offences.

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