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Data Provider: Welsh Government Fly-tipping prosecution outcomes by year

These figures are published as Official Statistics. It should be noted that the number of prosecutions carried out by local authorities does not necessarily equal the number of offenders, as offenders can be prosecuted for multiple incidents. It should also be noted that prosecutions do not necessarily take place in the same year as the relevant fly-tipping incident occurs.

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Absolute / conditional discharge167711099(..) One Local Authority (Cardiff) was unable to provide data for June 2014.14
Community service00262224(..) One Local Authority (Cardiff) was unable to provide data for June 2014.2
Fine4051589476767364(..) One Local Authority (Cardiff) was unable to provide data for June 2014.85
Custodial sentence002001410(..) One Local Authority (Cardiff) was unable to provide data for June 2014.0
Other (successful)01022314(..) One Local Authority (Cardiff) was unable to provide data for June 2014.3
Cases lost11301114(..) One Local Authority (Cardiff) was unable to provide data for June 2014.1

Metadata

Title

Recorded fly-tipping incidents in Wales, by local authority

Last update

Last update: March 2016
Was added to StatsWales: February 2013
Last update: March 2016
Was added to StatsWales: February 2013


Next update

TBC

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Flycapture, Environment Agency

Contact email

stats.environment@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Languages covered

English and Welsh

General description

Flycapture is the national database of fly-tipping incidents and enforcement action that was set up by Defra, the Environment Agency and the Local Government Association to record the incidents and cost of illegally dumped waste dealt with by local authorities.

Data collection and calculation

The costs on the Flycapture database for the size categories (single items, single black bags, car boot or less, small van loads and transit van loads) are set in the system based on national averages calculated when the system went live in April 2004. For the other categories (tipper lorry loads and significant multiple loads), the costs are entered by the local authority. As these costs vary, a rise or decrease in incidents will not necessarily have the same rise or decrease in costs; i.e. an increase in smaller incidents and a decrease in larger incidents will give a significant difference in rise of costs.

It should be noted that prosecutions do not necessarily take place in the same year as the relevant fly-tipping incident occurs.

Successful outcomes include: conditional discharge, community service, fine, custodial sentence and other successful outcomes.

Whilst fly-tipping figures are no longer designated as “National Statistics”, they continue to be published in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2006-07 onwards

Keywords

Fly-tipping

Name

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