Fly-tipping
(asked on 20th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many actions were taken against fly-tipping in (a) Barnsley and (b) nationally in each of the last seven years; and how many of those actions took the form of fixed penalties.
The number of recorded actions taken against fly-tipping for both England and for Barnsley over the last seven years is set out in the table below together with the number of fixed penalty notices.
Actions relating to fly-tipping for Barnsley and England - 2009/10 to 2015/16
| England | Barnsley | ||
| Total Actions | Fixed Penalty Notice | Total Actions | Fixed Penalty Notice |
2009/10 | 537,123 | 25,874 | 737 | 0 |
2010/11 | 568,052 | 32,963 | 699 | 0 |
2011/12 | 489,815 | 39,314 | 525 | 0 |
2012/13 | 425,235 | 35,433 | 503 | 0 |
2013/14 | 499,563 | 36,835 | 134 | 0 |
2014/15 | 514,914 | 38,149 | 152 | 0 |
2015/16 | 494,460 | 35,888 | 193 | 0 |
sourced from the Fly-tipping Module in WasteDataFlow which replaced Flycapture in October 2015
Fly tipping data is routinely collected at a local level and collated nationally. The data is published annually on the GOV.UK website.
Local authorities adopt different strategies for dealing with fly tipping. Some have well developed procedures for issuing fixed penalty notices. Alternative enforcement options include prosecution, vehicle seizure, formal caution and warning letter.