Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 22 July 2025.
Wendy Morton
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the conviction rate was for waste crime offences in each of the last five years.
Mary Creagh
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The conviction rates for the last five years are as follows:
2020 – 82%
2021 – 81%
2022 – 86%
2023 – 83%
2024 – 84%
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