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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials in the Environment Agency are working on end of waste policy and programmes.

The Environment Agency does not develop policy, however, operational staff throughout the Environment Agency routinely give advice and guidance to operators on end of waste matters. The Environment Agency also has a Definition of Waste team, consisting of four staff members, with specific expertise on end of waste alongside other responsibilities in waste regulation.

There are other non-operational and legal experts in the Environment Agency who provide advice on end of waste matters as part of their wider responsibilities.