Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) tackle (i) urban and (ii) rural littering and (b) assess the effectiveness of litter reduction campaigns.

Our Litter Strategy for England sets out our aim to deliver a substantial reduction in litter and littering within a generation. The strategy contains a number of commitments focused on three key themes, including education and awareness. Progress reports on delivering these commitments are available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/litter-strategy-for-england-progress-reports.

We have also published a data dashboard to understand the extent of litter and littering in England. Further updates to the dashboard will be available in due course. The dashboard can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/litter-and-littering-in-england-data-dashboard.