Land: Contamination
2026-05-28 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 4947 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help clean up contaminated land.
Answer
Under Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, local authorities have a duty to inspect and identify contaminated land and require its remediation. In addition, the Government’s recently published PFAS Plan sets out actions to improve our underst...