Written question asked by Earl Russell (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 19 January 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 February 2026. It was answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour) on Friday, 30 January 2026 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Waste: Crime
- Question
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To ask His Majesty's Government what the total Environment Agency expenditure was on waste crime in each year since 2015.
- Answer
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The Environment Agency (EA) is unable to track total expenditure on waste crime as waste crime is delivered by a range of multi-functional teams.
The EA can only report on what is allocated, not what is spent. The table provided sets out the EA’s Grant in Aid income that has been specifically allocated to waste crime activities since 2015. Wider core grant has historically contributed to enforcement work across all EA functions but is not allocated in way that can be specifically linked to waste crime, so is not included.
Year
Waste Crime Allocation
2014/15
£3.3m
2015/16
£2.4m
2016/17
£6.0m
2017/18
£6.4m
2018/19
£10.5m
2019/20
£10m
2020/21
£10m
2021/22
£10m
2022/23
£10m
2023/24
£10m
2024/45
£10m
2025/26
£12m *Plus, additional £3.6m for enforcement of new duties including extended producer responsibility.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- HL13714
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Crime Expenditure Environment Agency Waste
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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