Quarrying: Landfill Tax
Commons · Question 89617 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing the quarry exemption and lower rate of Landfill Tax on the number of (a) operating quarries in England and (b) people employed in the aggregates secto
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 18 Nov 2025
The government recently consulted on proposals to reform LandfillTax following a call for evidence in 2021 under the previous government, to ensure the regime remains effective in encouraging waste to be diverted away from landfill and to support the gove...