Westminster fly-tipping rises by 25pc

24 June 2007

WESTMINSTER has suffered an increase in fly-tipping but the council has still taken no cases to court.

Both the number of fly-tipping cases and the cost of cleaning up have risen by a quarter in just one year, according to official figures which were released to the Liberal Democrats.

However, Westminster City Council has not pursued a single prosecution against the fly-tippers.

The figures show that there were 10,365 incidences of fly-tipping in Westminster in 2005/06, compared to 8,295 in 2004/05.

The clearance cost was £420,222 in 2005/06, up from £338,678 the previous year.

The lack of prosecutions by Westminster City Council contrasts with the hundreds of prosecutions pursued in London as a whole.

Local Liberal Democrat Sophie Service said: "Westminster needs to get serious in tackling fly-tipping. Over £420,000 was spent in just a year clearing this mess up. Yet despite that, there was not a single prosecution here in Westminster.

"The council needs to make it easier for people to dispose of their waste, whilst cracking down on fly-tipping.

"This is yet another piece of evidence that Westminster isn't being run as well as the Conservatives like to tell you it is."

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