Government actions to combat waste crime

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 19 May 2022 Closed: 14 Dec 2022 Parliament page
Between 2004-05 and 2014-15, landfill tax on waste that emits greenhouse gases rose from £15 per tonne to £80 per tonne - a rise that saw the amount of waste sent to landfill reduce by 75% between 2010-11 and 2020-21. At the same time the money criminals could make by … Read more
26 Recommendations
2 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 6 events
12 Jan
2023
Correspondence
14 Dec
2022
Report published
19 Oct
2022
Report published
5 Jul
2022
Correspondence
15 Jun
2022
Oral evidence
15 Jun
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
15 Jun 2022
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Government’s actions to combat waste crime
Richard Las · HM Revenue and Customs Sir James Bevan · Environment Agency Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Eighteenth Report - Government actions to combat waste crime HC 33 19 Oct 2022 28 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
12 Recommendation Deferred
Eighteenth Report - Government act…
Waste tracking data is currently collected in multiple systems: some paper-based and some digital, some...
Waste tracking data is currently collected in multiple systems: some paper-based and some digital, some operated by private contractors and some by the government; not all information is collated centrally.34 Since the 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy, the government has … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees and anticipates the IT contract will be let by the end of 2022. The department will write to inform the Committee when this has happened and will provide a timeframe for full implementation once the supplier is onboarded and a plan is agreed.
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17 Recommendation Deferred
Eighteenth Report - Government act…
We heard of recent actions and successes in combatting landfill tax evasion.
We heard of recent actions and successes in combatting landfill tax evasion. HMRC has increased the number of its officials that are working on landfill tax compliance and it assured us that it works with the largest businesses to secure … Read more
Government Response
HMRC will provide a response outlining how it has improved its approach to landfill tax prosecutions by the end of December 2022.
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Government Response AI assessment · 28 of 26 classified
Accepted 23
Acknowledged 3
Deferred 2
Total 26 recs + 2 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
12 Jan 2023 Correspondence from Tamara Finkelstein CB, Permanent Secretary, The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, re Waste Crime PAC: Follow up action, dated 21 December 2022
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5 Jul 2022 Correspondence from Tamara Finkelstein, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, re Waste Crime PAC: Follow-Up Response, dated 29 June 2022
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