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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Thursday, 21 April 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 April 2022. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 27 April 2022 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Fly-tipping

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to provide additional funding to the devolved administrations for tackling illegal waste dumping using digital means.

Answer

Waste regulation is a devolved matter.

However, working jointly with the devolved administrations, we are developing a digital waste tracking service and in 2019 we committed £7 million to fund this work.

The Environment Act 2021 gives devolved administrations the powers to make regulations to introduce digital waste tracking requirements and recover the costs incurred performing regulatory functions with regard to waste tracking.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
157362
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Devolution Digital technology Finance Fly-tipping
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk