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723775

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have to reduce the amount of fly tipping in the UK; and when any such proposals will be introduced.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL6817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p><del class="ministerial"><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Fly-tipping is unacceptable whether it occurs on public or private land. Not only does it blight the areas in which it occurs but may also pose a risk to the environment and human health.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In May 2016 we gave local councils the power to issue fixed penalty notices of up to £400 for small-scale fly-tipping as an alternative to more costly prosecutions. This built on other action to tackle fly-tipping, including: working with the sentencing Council on its sentencing guideline for environmental offences; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; continuing to chair the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice for tackling fly-tipping; strengthening the waste Duty of Care by publishing a revised Code of Practice and supporting the industry-led Right Waste Right Place campaign to promote Duty of Care to small businesses.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/04/2017 10:57:54 question first ministerially corrected 27/04/2017 15:06:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble previous answer version 46577 answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird

806745

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to assist local authorities to deter fly-tipping.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL4205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping on a number of fronts. In 2016 we gave local authorities the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping. We have enhanced the Environment Agency and local authorities’ powers to search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. It is for local authorities to use the full range of powers available to them.</p><p>We worked with the Sentencing Council when they strengthened the Sentencing Guidelines for environmental offences in 2014. The maximum penalty on indictment for fly-tipping is imprisonment of up to five years or a potentially unlimited fine. Minister Coffey will shortly be writing to Ministry of Justice Ministers on the matter of sentencing, and we will work with those involved in the court system to ensure sentencing levels act as an appropriate deterrent.</p><p>As part of our Resource and Waste Strategy we will develop further proposals to tackle fly-tipping. We will facilitate partnership working and intelligence sharing between organisations at a local level, including local authorities, and encourage local authorities and the Environment Agency to investigate incidents on private land.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/12/2017 14:30:58 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

773561

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of legislation to protect the countryside from fly-tipping.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL2276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping in rural and urban areas. Local authorities and the Environment Agency have a full range of enforcement powers to tackle fly-tipping. We have recently strengthened their powers. We have given local authorities the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping and enhanced the ability of local authorities’ and the Environment Agency to search, seize and destroy vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. We have also strengthened the Sentencing Council’s Guidelines. The maximum penalties for fly-tipping are imprisonment of up to five years or a potentially unlimited fine.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/10/2017 16:24:48 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

780302

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the efficacy of fast-tracking the conviction and sentencing of fly-tipping offenders, in order to enable them to be required to remove the waste, dispose of it legally, and repair any damage they have caused.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL2666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Certain cases can be fast-tracked through the courts in agreement between the prosecuting agency and the local Judicial Business Group. Convicted offenders can be subject to a range of sentences, including community sentences which may involve waste clearance work.</p><p> </p><p>The National Fly-tipping Prevention Group provides advice and guidance on measures people can take to prevent fly-tipping. Illegally dumped waste should be reported to the local authority, then cleared swiftly so others do not add to it, rather than waiting until the offenders are prosecuted and sentenced. Local authorities should then investigate fly-tipping, and prosecute the fly-tippers where there is sufficient evidence. A cost order can be made by the court so that the clearance costs can be recovered retrospectively.</p><p> </p><p>As well as tightening up the sentencing guideline for environmental offences in 2014, last year we gave local authorities the power to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for small-scale fly-tipping to assist them to take proportionate and prompt enforcement action.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 07/11/2017 17:37:01 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

789903

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their Fly-tipping statistics for England 2016–17 which shows a 7 per cent increase in fly-tipping incidents from the previous year, what steps they are taking to deter and punish fly-tipping.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL3287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling fly-tipping on a number of fronts. In 2016 we gave local authorities the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping. We have enhanced the Environment Agency and local authorities’ powers to search and seize vehicles suspected of fly-tipping.</p><p> </p><p>The Sentencing Guidelines for environmental offences were reviewed and strengthened in 2014. The maximum penalty on indictment for fly-tipping is imprisonment of up to five years or a potentially unlimited fine. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Dr Thérèse Coffey will shortly be writing to Ministry of Justice Ministers on the matter of sentencing and we will work with the judiciary so sentencing levels act as an appropriate deterrent</p><p> </p><p>As part of our Resource and Waste strategy we will develop further proposals to tackle fly-tipping. We will enhance partnership working and intelligence sharing, increase the reporting of fly-tipping on private land to target enforcement better and encourage local authorities and the Environment Agency to investigate incidents on private land.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/11/2017 11:11:44 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

713109

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many instances of fly tipping have been reported in each of the past three financial years; and how many successful prosecutions have been brought over the same period.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Goschen
	uin	HL6229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>The number of instances of fly-tipping reported by local authorities, and the number of successful prosecutions brought over the last three years are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number of Incidents</p></td><td><p>Number of successful prosecutions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>852,036</p></td><td><p>1,953</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>899,763</p></td><td><p>1,771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>936,090</p></td><td><p>2,091</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data is published on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>The overall trend in fly-tipping incidents had shown a steady decline between 2007/08 and 2012/13 until 2013/14 when there was an increase to 852,000 incidents. Prosecutions have been more variable, with a peak in 2011/12. The 2015/16 figure is more average.</p><p> </p><p>Many local authorities have started to improve the way they capture and report fly-tips over the past few years, so the increase over time should be interpreted with some care. It has also been brought to our attention that the definitions used to describe fly-tips are interpreted broadly from the guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 03/04/2017 16:05:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3602 label Biography information for Viscount Goschen

424791

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the fly-tipping statistics for England 2014–15<i>,</i> and what action they will take in response to them.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL3134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The 2014/15 fly-tipping statistics showed that there were 900,000 reported fly-tipping incidents in England.</p><p>Tackling fly-tipping is a priority for the Government. As set out in our manifesto we will be giving councils the power to tackle small scale fly-tipping through penalty notices as an alternative to prosecutions in spring 2016.</p><p>These steps will build on other action we have taken, including working with the Sentencing Council to strengthen its Guideline for sentencing for environmental offences, which came into force on 1 July last year; making it easier for vehicles suspected of being involved in waste crime to be stopped, searched and seized; and continuing to work in partnership with others through the Defra-chaired National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group, to promote and disseminate good practice in the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipped waste.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/11/2015 17:06:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

518118

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the levels of fly-tipping on private land across the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL8278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Fly-tipping is unacceptable whether it occurs on public or private land, it spoils our enjoyment of the countryside, can harm human health and wildlife, and damage farming and rural tourism. It also undermines legitimate waste businesses where unscrupulous operators undercut those that operate within the law and is a drain on both local authorities and landowners that clear it up. Tackling this scourge and other forms of illegal waste activity is a priority for the Government.</p><p> </p><p>The exact extent of fly-tipping on private land is unknown as landowners are not required to report this to Defra. However landowner estimates, provided to the Defra chaired National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group, suggest that fly-tipping on private land may cost between £50 million and £150 million per annum in clean up and disposal costs alone.</p><p> </p><p>Some private landowner organisations do report fly-tipping on their land to Defra on a voluntary basis. Between April 2009 and April 2016 these organisation reported some 5,946 fly-tipping incidents on their land. We recognise that the data collected does not fully reflect the scale of the problem.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the inconvenience and costs that fly-tipping poses to landowners and we are working with a wide range of interested parties through the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to improve understanding and awareness of the problem as well as sharing best practice about tackling it.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/05/2016 11:39:24 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

658720

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what compensation and remedies are available to private landowners with regard to fly tipping on their land.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
	uin	HL4138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2016 answer text <p>The estimated cost of clearance of fly-tipping to local authorities in 2014/15 was nearly £50 million. Local authorities dealt with nearly 900,000 incidents of fly-tipping in 2014/15, with nearly two thirds of fly-tips involving household waste.</p><p>The penalties for fly-tipping are imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine, or both, on summary conviction; or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine, or both, on conviction on indictment.</p><p>In May 2016 the Government gave local councils the power to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for small-scale fly-tipping as an alternative to prosecution. The fine for a Fixed Penalty Notice is between £150 and £400 as specified by the waste collection authority, and £200 if no amount is specified.</p><p>Local authorities are not under any legal obligation to clear fly-tipped waste from private property, so this responsibility falls to the landowner. Depending on the circumstances, local authorities will often provide advice and guidance on measures that can be taken to prevent further fly-tipping, or may investigate an incident if there is sufficient evidence. Some authorities may also offer a clearance service but they are likely to charge for this. Government officials chair the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice in the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipped waste.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL4136 HL4137 question first answered 29/12/2016 12:19:27 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury

658718

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Fly-tipping
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the cost to local authorities of cleaning up fly tipping of waste.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
	uin	HL4136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2016 answer text <p>The estimated cost of clearance of fly-tipping to local authorities in 2014/15 was nearly £50 million. Local authorities dealt with nearly 900,000 incidents of fly-tipping in 2014/15, with nearly two thirds of fly-tips involving household waste.</p><p>The penalties for fly-tipping are imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine, or both, on summary conviction; or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine, or both, on conviction on indictment.</p><p>In May 2016 the Government gave local councils the power to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for small-scale fly-tipping as an alternative to prosecution. The fine for a Fixed Penalty Notice is between £150 and £400 as specified by the waste collection authority, and £200 if no amount is specified.</p><p>Local authorities are not under any legal obligation to clear fly-tipped waste from private property, so this responsibility falls to the landowner. Depending on the circumstances, local authorities will often provide advice and guidance on measures that can be taken to prevent further fly-tipping, or may investigate an incident if there is sufficient evidence. Some authorities may also offer a clearance service but they are likely to charge for this. Government officials chair the National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group to promote and disseminate good practice in the prevention, reporting, investigation and clearance of fly-tipped waste.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL4137 HL4138 question first answered 29/12/2016 12:19:27 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury