§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for, Food and Rural Affairs on how many occasions Merseyside local authorities have used their new powers to investigate and tackle fly-tipping since the inception of these powers. [178330]
§ Mr. MorleyNo data is collated on how often local authorities use the specific stop, search and seizure powers and investigation powers that were extended to waste collection authorities under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003.
Information can be derived from returns to the Flycapture database on numbers of prosecutions:
St. Helens—182 incidents, 20 investigations
Sefton—171 incidents, No actions recorded yet
Knowsley—215 incidents, No actions recorded yet
Liverpool City—Not yet registered for Flycapture
Wirral—Registered but not submitted a return for April
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on progress by Merseyside local authorities in the adoption of the standard classification system for the reporting of fly-tipping. [178331]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Flycapture database that has been developed between Defra, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association went 'live' on 5 April. The first returns were due to be sent by 25 May.
So far, progress nationally on adopting Flycapture has been good with 92 per cent. of waste collection authorities in England and Wales registering.
The progress of local authorities in the Merseyside area is detailed:
Liverpool City—Not yet registered
St. Helens—Registered and submitted data
Sefton—Registered and submitted data
Knowsley—Registered and submitted data
Wirral—Registered but not submitted data for April.