Fly-tipping and Landfill Tax
Commons · Question 126940 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Zöe Franklin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of landfill tax rates on levels of fly-tipping; and whether she has made a comparative assessment of (a) revenue generated from lan
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Apr 2026
The Government does not have a legal duty to clear illegally dumped waste and is not funded to do so. The Government has not undertaken an assessment of the impact of landfill tax rates on levels of fly-tipping, neither has it made a comparative assessmen...