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Fly-tipping

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 10 March 2026UIN 118671

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of repeat fly-tipping hotspots.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Local authorities in England are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement action, such as prosecutions, to Defra, which the department have published annually since 2012, at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fly-tipping-in-england. Defra does not hold data that allows for trends in more localised fly-tipping hotspots to be monitored.

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