Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45641 on Nappies: Waste Disposal, whether the UK Health Security Agency have provided (a) advice and (b) support to Birmingham City Council on discarded nappies in public places.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and other agencies provide support to local authorities and their directors of public health for localised incidents. The UKHSA has not given specific advice about the potential impact of discarded used nappies on public health.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency have produced the statutory guidance Waste duty of care: code of practice, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/waste-duty-of-care-code-of-practice/waste-duty-of-care-code-of-practice.

Guidance for waste planning policy is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/waste