FI14641

Request

  1. How many on the spot fines were issued for littering offences in your council area?
  2. How many fines were paid up?
  3. How many fines are still outstanding (broken down by each financial year?
  4. How much revenue was generated in each of the years above through fines?
  5. Does your council use in house enforcement or an external private contractor?

Response

The Council does not issue ‘on the spot fines’, we issue Fixed Penalty Notices and the information provided is in relation to these. 

Financial year

Number of Littering Fixed Penalty Notices Issues (S87/88 EPA 1990)

Number of Littering FPNs paid

Number of Littering FPNs still outstanding

Total income from paid Littering FPNs

2019/2020

1953

1494

0

£112,050.00

2020/2021

10

8

0

£600.00

2021/2022

783

545

0

£42,915.00

2022/2023

4

2

0

£150.00

2023/2024

1

1

0

£75.00

 The service is currently in-house.