Fly-tipping
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cases of illegal waste dumping have been recorded in the last (a) five years and (b) ten years in (i) Hexham constituency, (ii) Northumberland, (iii) Newcastle, (iv) the North East and (v) England.
Answered by Mary Creagh
Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement action to Defra, which the department have published annually since 2012, here. This data isn't available at a constituency level and excludes the majority of private-land incidents. Data for the 2024/25 reporting year is still being collected.
The Environment Agency investigates fly tipping where the waste is more than 20 tonnes, a specified amount of hazardous waste, or is suspected to be linked to organised crime. The Environment Agency confirmed the following data on cases where at least one of these conditions were met:
| 5 Years | 10 Years |
Hexham | 0 | 1 |
Northumberland | 4 | 6 |
Newcastle | 1 | 2 |
North East | 25 | 51 |
England | 507 | 1510 |
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