Metals: Licensing

(asked on 13th October 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many scrap metal (a) site and (b) collectors licences have been (i) renewed and (ii) revoked in each year since 2013 in each local authority.


Answered by
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Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 20th October 2016

Information about extant scrap metal dealer licences, both collector and site licences, is available in Wales on the Natural Resources Wales public register of scrap metal dealers and in England on the Environment Agency’s public register.

These licences are issued by local authorities and the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of licences issued, renewed, modified or revoked by local authorities.

Similarly, the Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of warrants to enable the police or an officer of a local authority to enter premises for the purposes specified in section 16(5) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.

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