Cigarette butts – Fixed Penalty Notices per local authority in England

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Dear West Suffolk Council,

I would like to request the following data under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

1. How many Fixed Penalty Notices has your council handed out in 2018 for the littering of cigarette butts?
2. How much is your FPN for littering cigarette butts?
3. How many FPN’s have not been paid within the allocated time frame, and subsequently gone to court for littering cigarette butts in 2018?

Yours faithfully,

Naomi

foi, West Suffolk Council

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Dear Naomi

 

Request for Information

 

I refer to your correspondence dated 19 June 2019 when you requested
information for West Suffolk Council.

 

RESPONSE:

 

1.       How many Fixed Penalty Notices has your council handed out in
2018 for the littering of cigarette butts?

 

          2

 

2.       How much is your FPN for littering cigarette butts?

 

£80 reduced to £60 for early payment

 

3.       How many FPN’s have not been paid within the allocated time
frame, and subsequently gone to court for littering cigarette butts in
2018?

 

0 and 0

 

If you are unhappy with this response you may request an internal review
of this matter via the Council’s corporate complaints procedure.

 

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have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at the following
address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire  SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524 510

Email: [1][email address]

 

Yours sincerely

 

FOI/Complaints Coordinator

Operations

(Waste & Street Scene Services, Property Services, Car Parks & Markets)

West Suffolk Council

West Suffolk House

Western Way

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk.  IP33 3YU

[2][email address]

 

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