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Fly-tipping: Oxfordshire

Commons · Question 101289 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 5 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the illegal waste dumped in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, whether the Government plans to increase enforcement funding.

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 5 Jan 2026

We have increased the Environment Agency’s (EA’s) budget for waste crime enforcement by over 50% this year to £15.6 million. The EA-hosted Joint Unit for Waste Crime has nearly doubled in size thanks to our extra funding. The Unit brings together the EA, ...