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Waste: Crime

Asked by Terry JermyLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 September 2025UIN 73914

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the financial impact of waste crime on (a) England, (b) Norfolk and (c) South West Norfolk constituency in the last five years.

Answered by Mary Creagh

It is estimated that waste crime costs the English economy about £1 billion per year and that 20% of waste in England, or 38 million tonnes per year is handled illegally. We do not have a further breakdown of these figures at county or constituency level.

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