Litter: Fines

(asked on 8th November 2022) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the use of Fixed Penalty Notices imposed by local authorities for littering.


Answered by
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 18th November 2022

Taking effective enforcement action is a practical step that councils can take to tackle littering.

Our guidance on effective enforcement is clear that enforcement action should be proportionate and councils remain responsible for the whole enforcement process, whether it has been contracted out or not. Councils were reminded of this in a letter from a Defra minister earlier this year.

The Department has not made any assessments or estimates specifically regarding the use of Fixed Penalty Notices.

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