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Fly Tipping: Greater London

Volume 461: debated on Thursday 14 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many incidents of fly-tipping were reported in each London borough in each of the last four years; and what the estimated cost was of dealing with such incidents; (140080)

(2) how many (a) prosecutions and (b) successful prosecutions there were in each London borough for fly-tipping in each year since 2004; and how much has been recovered through related fines in each London borough.

[holding answer 5 June 2007]: Flycapture, the national fly-tipping database was set up in 2004 by DEFRA, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association, to record the number of fly-tipping incidents dealt with by the Environment Agency and local authorities.

The following tables show the number of incidents and prosecutions recorded by each local authority in Greater London on Flycapture for 2004-2005 and 2005-06. Data recorded in square brackets have been reported by the Environment Agency, who deal only with larger-scale fly-tipping incidents. Data for 2006-2007 are not yet available but will be published in the summer.

Flycapture does not record details of any costs awarded to local authorities by courts following successful prosecutions.

Greater London Flycapture data for 2004-05

London borough

Total number of incidents

Estimated clearance costs recorded

Number of prosecutions taken to court

Number of successful prosecutions

Corporation of London

171

9,132

0

0

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

No Data Supplied (11)

No Data Supplied (2,841.83)

No Data Supplied

No Data Supplied

London Borough of Barnet

5,726 (14)

273,780 (4,050)

16

15

London Borough of Bexley Council

175 (5)

263,90 (1,170)

0

0

London Borough of Brent

969 (17)

33,037 (2,625)

0

0

London Borough of Bromley

1,913 (5)

157,848.31 (635)

0

0

London Borough of Camden

24,287 (2)

704,323 (150)

0

0

London Borough of Croydon

6,801 (5)

427,877 (505)

2

2

London Borough of Ealing

1,848 (13)

52,375 (2,102.50)

0

0

London Borough of Enfield

2,509 (91

122,050 (1,920)

9

9

London Borough of Greenwich

156 14)

17,930 (325)

4

4

London Borough of Hackney

63 (8)

1,827 (865)

2

2

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

8,099 (7)

381,327 (1,527.50)

0

0

London Borough of Haringey

52,006 (2)

1,508,358 (210)

1

1

London Borough of Harrow

248 (8)

8,333 (775)

0

0

London Borough of Havering

4,943 (6)

284,200 (580)

0

0

London Borough of Hillingdon

2,128 (11)

Data not Supplied (4,592.31)

4 (2)

2 (2)

London Borough of Hounslow

5,824 (9)

151,929 (1,625)

0 (1)

0 (1)

London Borough of Islington

5,196 (5)

232,872 (557.50)

2

2

London Borough of Lambeth

13,783 (2)

404,591 (150)

24

24

London Borough of Lewisham

20,171 (4)

1 ,441 ,300 (350)

48

47

London Borough of Merton

5,155 (8)

272769 (585)

5

5

London Borough of Newham

9,069 (11)

584,741 (1,532.50)

0

0

London Borough of Redbridge

5,864 (5)

299,575 (640)

2

2

London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

899 (2)

39,91 1 (355)

0

0

London Borough of Southwark

23,006 (1)

994,263 (360)

40

34

London Borough of Sutton

227 (5)

13,319 (583.56)

0

0

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

3,109 (6)

144,998 (862.50)

0

0

London Borough of Waltham Forest

8,304 (7)

539,174 (647.50)

1

1

London Borough of Wandsworth

No Data Supplied

No Data Supplied

No Data Supplied

No Data Supplied

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

39,677

1,428,542

6

6

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

No Data Supplied (1)

No Data Supplied (105)

No Data Supplied

No Data Supplied

Westminster City Council

8295 (2)

338,678 (210)

0

0

Totals

260,621

10,895,449.31

166

156

EA Totals

195

33,707.70

3

3

Greater London Flycapture data for 2005-06

London borough

Total number of incidents

Estimated clearance costs recorded

Number of prosecutions taken to court

Number of successful prosecutions

Corporation of London

675

31,899

0

0

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

3,481 (1)

234,117

9

8

London Borough of Barnet

4,843 (7)

236,961(3,750)

32 (1)

32 (1)

London Borough of Bexley Council

407 (2)

43,809 (187.50)

0

0

London Borough of Brent

5,233 (4)

311,456

1

1

London Borough of Bromley

4,697 (2)

342,797.90

0

0

London Borough of Camden

170,28 (1)

493,812 (75)

6

6

London Borough of Croydon

8,355 (2)

372,734 (75)

3

3

London Borough of Ealing

9,044 (8)

263,076 (150)

0

0

London Borough of Enfield

5,772 (11)

312,835 (6,750)

4 (7)

4 (7)

London Borough of Greenwich

3,233 (2)

124,582 (280)

8

8

London Borough of Hackney

770 (2)

2,5508 (300)

1

1

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

6,017 (1)

528,014

0

0

London Borough of Haringey

63,767 (3)

1,849,243 (150)

11

11

London Borough of Harrow

3,843 (4)

171,150

0

0

London Borough of Havering

9,629 (3)

529,783 (150)

0

0

London Borough of Hillingdon

2,384 (4)

14,596 (225)

39 (2)

39 (2)

London Borough of Hounslow

7,345 (4)

210,972 (375)

0

0

London Borough of Islington

8,812 (2)

459,431

16

16

London Borough of Lambeth

10,434 (2)

307,672 (75)

31

31

London Borough of Lewisham

18,987 (3)

941,536 (215)

64

64

London Borough of Merton

3,330 (3)

190,121 (225)

9

9

London Borough of Newham

3,527

401,100

0

0

London Borough of Redbridge

4,455

184,582

6

6

London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames

1,771 (1)

95,709 (75)

0

0

London Borough of Southwark

24,852 (1)

1 ,089,995

49

39

London Borough of Sutton

2,762 (2)

152,555 (70)

5

5

London Borough of Tower Hamlets

5,681 (1)

217,502 (75)

4

4

London Borough of Waltham Forest

8,566 (2)

385,563 (75)

0

0

London Borough of Wandsworth

166,195 (1)

3,655,746

8

8

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

58,374

1 ,876,596

2

2

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

No Data Supplied

No Data Supplied

No Data Supplied

No Data Supplied

Westminster City Council

10,365 (2)

420,222

0

0

Total

484,634

16,475,674.9

308

297

EA Totals

81

13,277.50

10

10