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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

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

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