Government response to the Office for Environmental Protection review of Environment Agency inspections of waste operations and installations in England

  • by Defra
  • 15 September 2026
  • 1 min read

The government's response to the Office for Environmental Protection's review of Environment Agency inspections of waste operations and installations in England.

On 14 May 2026, the Office for Environmental Protection laid before Parliament its report, ‘A review of Environment Agency inspections in the waste operations and installations sector in England’, under section 29 of the Environment Act 2021.

This publication is the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ statutory response to that report.

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Source: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs · Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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