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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the annual cost to local authorities of a) removing and b) discarding nitrous oxide canisters.

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.