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Fly-tipping

Commons · Question 86414 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Morris

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

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 5 Nov 2025

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 privat...