FI15568

Request

1. The following information for the calendar year 2024:

(i)                  The total number of fly-tipping incidents in your local authority.  

(ii)                 The total number of fly-tipping incidents where the council removed the fly-tipped waste from the location of the fly-tip. 

(iii)               The number of fly-tipping incidents on highways in your local authority.

(iv)               The total cost to the council of dealing with fly-tipping incidents in your local authority.

2. The following information for the calendar year 2023:

(i)                  The total number of fly-tipping incidents in your local authority.

(ii)                 The total number of fly-tipping incidents where the council removed the fly-tipped waste from the location of the fly-tip.

(iii)               The number of fly-tipping incidents on highways in your local authority.

(iv)               The total cost to the council of dealing with fly-tipping incidents in your local authority.

3. The following information for the calendar year 2019:

(i)                  The total number of fly-tipping incidents in your local authority.

(ii)                 The total number of fly-tipping incidents where the council removed the fly-tipped waste from the location of the fly-tip.

(iii)               The number of fly-tipping incidents on highways in your local authority.

(iv)               The total cost to the council of dealing with fly-tipping incidents in your local authority.

 

Response

1. The following information for the calendar year 2024: 

(i) 899.

(ii) The Council has a duty to cleanse incidents of fly tipping upon public land. During this period 837 reports of fly tipping were found to be on public land.

(iii) 585. 

(iv) £64,753.

2. The following information for the calendar year 2023:

(i) 958. 

(ii) The Council has a duty to cleanse incidents of fly tipping upon public land. During this period 880 reports of fly tipping were found to be on public land.

(iii) 640. 

(iv) £53,660.

3. The following information for the calendar year 2019: 

(i) 912. 

(ii) The Council has a duty to cleanse incidents of fly tipping upon public land. During this period 748 reports of fly tipping were found to be on public land. 

(iii) 406.  

(iv) The Council does not hold this information.