The 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy does not set out a pathway to government’s ultimate goal of eliminating waste crime by 2043.18 Defra acknowledged that its reporting on progress implementing the strategy and towards this goal has been limited. The Agency told us how it is expanding its metrics beyond its current quarterly reporting on the number of high-risk illegal waste sites, to a suite of measures including the proportion 6 C&AG’s Report, Figure 21 7 Qq 3, 17, 56, 61, 64, 86 8 Qq 17,...

The 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy does not set out a pathway to government’s ultimate goal of eliminating waste crime by 2043.18 Defra acknowledged that its reporting on progress implementing the strategy and towards this goal has been limited. The Agency told us how it is expanding its metrics beyond its current quarterly reporting on the number of high-risk illegal waste sites, to a suite of measures including the proportion 6 C&AG’s Report, Figure 21 7 Qq 3, 17, 56, 61, 64, 86 8 Qq 17, 88; C&AG’s Report, Figure 21 9 Qq 17–18 10 Qq 87–88 11 Qq 5, 7, 43, 49 12 Q 31 13 Q 3 14 Q 88 15 C&AG’s Report, figure 21 16 GWC0003 (ESA); GWC0006 (ADE Type: conclusion | Number: 8 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 1. PAC conclusion: Progress implementing the actions from the Resources and Waste Strategy has been slow and piecemeal, and Defra does not have an outline delivery plan for achieving its ambition of eliminating waste crime by 2043. 1. PAC recommendation: Defra sho