Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the maximum penalty for fly tipping; and when this figure last was reviewed.
The maximum penalty for fly-tipping is 12 months’ imprisonment and an unlimited fine if convicted at a Magistrates’ Court, or five years’ imprisonment and an unlimited fine if convicted at Crown Court. The Environmental Protection Act 1990 was amended in 2015 to remove maximum limits on fines for fly-tipping.