Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the amount of landfill tax paid in each of the last ten years by the (a) London Borough of Barnet and (b) North London Waste Authority.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) do not hold this information. Landfill Tax is chargeable on material deposited at permitted landfill sites in England and Northern Ireland. The operator of a permitted landfill site is liable to pay the Landfill Tax directly to HMRC.

London Borough of Barnet and North London Waste Authority do not operate landfill sites so do not pay Landfill Tax to HMRC. The majority of local authorities outsource their waste disposal services, and the service fees in those contracts will reflect the landfill operators’ likely Landfill Tax liability.