Fly-tipping
(asked on 16th March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many illegal waste sites were identified in the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered by
Mary Creagh
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 24th March 2026
Total number of illegal waste sites identified per calendar year:
2021: 583
2022: 504
2023: 565
2024: 892
2025: 823
NB: This data is taken from a live system and maybe subject to change as investigation details are updated.