Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support is available to local authorities to tackle a) littering and b) anti-social behaviour associated with nitrous oxide use.

The Government is determined to tackle litter and anti-social behaviour that blights our communities. We have strengthened councils’ enforcement powers, increasing the maximum littering fixed penalty from £500 to £750, alongside statutory guidance to support effective enforcement.