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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the prevalence of fly-tipping in urban residential areas; and what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in tackling persistent fly-tipping hotspots.

This Government recognises the impact fly-tipping has on urban residential areas. We have published guidance to support local councils to seize vehicles and raised the upper limit for fixed penalties for fly-tipping from £1000 to £5000. We have recently secured powers to issue statutory enforcement guidance to local councils.