Waste: Crime
Commons · Question 65780 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of levels of penalties for waste crime.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Jul 2025
Legislation relating to waste crime such as fly-tipping and illegal waste sites allows for an unlimited fine and up to five years imprisonment. We are making the regulations for the transport and management of waste tougher so that those who break the new...