§ Baroness Byfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many convictions have been brought against illegal fly-tippers for each of the years 1999 to 2003. [HL4482]
§ Lord WhittyNo national data are currently available. However, the Environment Agency records incidents with which it deals. The figures for Section 33 (illegal disposal of waste or fly-tipping) are detailed below.
1999 142 (1 April-31 December) 2000 205 2001 232 2002 258 2003 247 2004 157(1 January-30 September) The Government have been working with the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association to develop the Flycapture database, which will allow better national data to be collected in future on levels of fly-tipping. These first results from these data should be available shortly.