A service from mySociety A service from mySociety

TheyWorkForYou

Menu

Fly-tipping: Cramlington and Killingworth

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 26 July 2024.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Emma Foody Emma Foody Labour/Co-operative, Cramlington and Killingworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of instances of fly tipping in Cramlington and Killingworth Constituency in each year since 2010.

Photo of Mary Creagh Mary Creagh The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Local authorities are required to report fly-tipping incidents and enforcement actions to Defra, which the department have published annually since 2012, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env24-fly-tipping-incidents-and-actions-taken-in-england. This data isn't available at a Constituency level and excludes the Majority of private-land incidents.

Does this answer the above question?

Yes2 people think so

No5 people think not

Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.

  • (Citation: HC Deb, 26 July 2024, cW)

Secretary of State

Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

constituency

In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent

majority

The term "majority" is used in two ways in Parliament. Firstly a Government cannot operate effectively unless it can command a majority in the House of Commons - a majority means winning more than 50% of the votes in a division. Should a Government fail to hold the confidence of the House, it has to hold a General Election. Secondly the term can also be used in an election, where it refers to the margin which the candidate with the most votes has over the candidate coming second. To win a seat a candidate need only have a majority of 1.