Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on clearance costs for significant multi-load fly-tipping by (a) Barnsley local authority and (b) other local authorities in England in each year since 2010.
Enforcement actions reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis are summarised in the table below.
| Barnsley | South Yorkshire* | All England |
2010 - 11 | 699 | 10,357 | 568,052 |
2011 - 12 | 525 | 11,666 | 489,815 |
2012 - 13 | 503 | 10,555 | 425,235 |
2013 - 14 | 134 | 12,502 | 499,563 |
2014 - 15 | 152 | 19,083 | 514,914 |
2015 - 16 | 193 | 14,026 | 494,528 |
2016 - 17 | 299 | 13,783 | 475,784 |
2017 - 18 | 741 | 15,118 | 494,127 |
*Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Fixed penalty notice actions reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis are summarised in the table below.
In May 2016, local authorities in England were given the power to issue fixed penalty notices for small scale fly-tipping so these will be captured in the data for 2016/17 and 2017/18. Prior to this date, local authorities issued fly-tippers with fixed penalty notices in relation to littering, duty of care or anti-social behaviour.
| Barnsley | South Yorkshire* | All England |
2010 - 11 | 0 | 144 | 32,963 |
2011 - 12 | 0 | 134 | 39,314 |
2012 - 13 | 0 | 110 | 35,433 |
2013 - 14 | 0 | 132 | 36,835 |
2014 - 15 | 0 | 89 | 38,149 |
2015 - 16 | 0 | 81 | 35,888 |
2016 - 17 | 0 | 155 | 57,271 |
2017 - 18 | 9 | 175 | 68,711 |
*Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Clearance costs for tipper lorry load fly-tipping incidents reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis are summarised in the table below. Note that the information can only be provided for local authorities in England and not for the UK. Details for individual local authorities are within the published datasets. Clearance costs are available from 2011/12.
| Barnsley | England (excluding Barnsley) |
2011 - 12 | £39,561 | £3,007,304 |
2012 - 13 | £22,461 | £3,321,934 |
2013 - 14 | £15,892 | £4,233,056 |
2014 - 15 | £27,435 | £4,841,433 |
2015 - 16 | £14,419 | £3,969,584 |
2016 - 17 | £14,125 | £6,083,243 |
2017 - 18 | £16,035 | £6,472,430 |
Clearance costs for significant multi-load fly-tipping reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis are summarised in the table below. Details for individual local authorities are within the published datasets. Clearance costs are available from 2011/12.
| Barnsley | England (excluding Barnsley) |
2011 - 12 | £25,708 | £1,083,106 |
2012 - 13 | £4,189 | £1,780,035 |
2013 - 14 | £28,564 | £1,982,186 |
2014 - 15 | £8,170 | £2,390,794 |
2015 - 16 | £17,163 | £1,469,067 |
2016 - 17 | £14,808 | £3,827,653 |
2017 - 18 | £13,634 | £5,745,020 |
The proportion of fly-tipping incidents reported by local authorities and published in annual statistics on a financial year basis that are categorised as tipper lorry load or larger (significant/multi-load) is summarised in the table below. The detailed breakdown is available from 2011/12.
| Barnsley | South Yorkshire* | All England |
2011 - 12 | 15% | 3% | 2% |
2012 - 13 | 11% | 3% | 2% |
2013 - 14 | 8% | 3% | 3% |
2014 - 15 | 4% | 6% | 3% |
2015 - 16 | 6% | 6% | 3% |
2016 - 17 | 5% | 8% | 3% |
2017 - 18 | 6% | 9% | 3% |
*Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield