Cigarette butts – Fixed Penalty Notices per UA

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Dear Stockton on Tees 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 many FPNs have not been paid within the allocated time frame, and subsequently gone to court for littering cigarette butts in 2018?
3. How much is your FPN for littering cigarette butts?

Yours faithfully,

Naomi Aharony

Stockton on Tees Council

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Dear Naomi Aharony

 

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Thank you for your correspondence received on 22 August 2019

 

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Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LD

(01642) 527521

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Dear Naomi Aharony

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Ref: 1136/1920

Thank you for your correspondence received on 22 August 2019. In response
to your request I can now provide the following information. 

Q1. How many Fixed Penalty Notices has your council handed out in 2018 for
the littering of cigarette butts?

Q2. How many FPNs have not been paid within the allocated time frame, and
subsequently gone to court for littering cigarette butts in 2018?

Q3. How much is your FPN for littering cigarette butts?

 

A. Stockton Borough Council do not hold the information in the form you
have requested. The item littered is not recorded and therefore the
littering of cigarette butts is the same legislation as any other item. We
cannot therefore provide information about fixed penalty notices for the
littering of cigarette butts.

 

If you have any queries or concerns please contact me in the first
instance.

 

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been handled, you can submit a complaint to
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the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.  Telephone: 0303 123 1113  Website:
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The ICO does not make a charge for an appeal.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sarah McLaren

Information Governance Team

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LD

(01642) 527455

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Dear Sarah,

Thank you for your response.

I understand the nature of your response. Are you therefore able to provide data for the following:

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

Yours sincerely,

Naomi Aharony

FOI and Complaints, Stockton on Tees Council

This document was classified as: OFFICIAL

Dear Naomi

In response to your request I can now provide the following information.

1. How many Fixed Penalty Notices has your council handed out in 2018 for littering.
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2. How much is your FPN for littering?
The full price is £130 but the FPN will be discounted to £50 if paid within 10 days. It will be discounted to £90 if paid within 14 days.

3. How many FPN’s have not been paid within the allocated time frame, and subsequently gone to court for littering in 2018?
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If you have any queries or concerns please contact me in the first instance.

However, if you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been handled, you can submit a complaint to [1][email address]

If, after your complaint has been determined, you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Telephone: 0303 123 1113 Website: www.ico.org.uk

The ICO does not make a charge for an appeal.

Yours sincerely,
Sarah McLaren

Information Governance Team
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LD
(01642) 527455

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