PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Waste Management (10 October 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many abandoned waste sites there are; and if he will publish a list of such sites.
Asked by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)
Asked by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)
Answer
As of July 2024, the Environment Agency confirmed 35 abandoned waste sites in England. An abandoned site occurs if the waste management permit holder dies, or the company is wound up.
Information on these sites was not published when he was Secretary of State due to data protection and ongoing investigations. This remains the case.
Answered by:
Mary Creagh (Labour)
17 October 2024
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