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, ...