Littering and Fly-tipping

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Dear High Peak Borough Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

Could you please answer the following questions with regards to Littering and Fly-tipping in your area - thank you!

Littering:
Please could you provide the requested data per year for the last 5 years (2015- 2020)

1. What is the fine cost of a littering Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN)?
2. How many FPNs did you issue for littering?
3. How many FPNs for littering were paid for each year over the last 5 years?
4. How many council complaints have you had for littering?
5. How many employees do you have that litter pick and how has this number changed over the last 5 years?
6. How many journalist inquiries regarding litter picking have you received over the last 5 years?
7. How many staff members were furloughed during 2020 and 2021?

Fly-tipping:
Please could you provide the requested data per year for the last 5 years (2015- 2020)

1. What is the fine cost for a Fly-tipping FPN?
2. How many fly-tipping FPN have you issued for each year over the last 5 years?
3. How much money was collected from FPNs for Fly-tipping each year for the last 5 years?
4. How many reports/complaints on fly-tipping did you receive for the above time frame?
5. What is the cost to the council to rectify fly-tipping offences?

Thank you so much,
Ellen Blacow

HPBC-Info@infreemation.co.uk,

Your reference number is HPFOI2021/22-043

 

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High Peak Borough Council 

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Dear Madam

Re:      Freedom of Information Act request –HPFOI2021/22-043

I write further to my correspondence dated 14 May 2021. Please accept my
apologies for the delay.

I am advised that the Service Area’s response to your information request
is provided and detailed below.

 

Littering:

Please could you provide the requested data per year for the last 5 years
(2015- 2020)

1. What is the fine cost of a littering Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN)?

* £75.

 

2. How many FPNs did you issue for littering?

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21
23 60 114 58 4

 

3. How many FPNs for littering were paid for each year over the last 5
years?

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21
N/A N/A N/A 58 4

 

4. How many council complaints have you had for littering?

* 11 complaints.

 

5. How many employees do you have that litter pick and how has this number
changed over the last 5 years? 

* The number of operatives the Council have is 12, all of whom may be
involved in specific litter picking as part of their weekly duties.
The number of operatives has not changed in the last five years.

 

6. How many journalist inquiries regarding litter picking have you
received over the last 5 years?

* The Council does not retain historical records of all enquiries that
are received, once an enquiry is dealt with the detail is deleted in
line with the Council’s data retention policies. On this basis it is
not possible to provide a response to this question.  

 

7. How many staff members were furloughed during 2020 and 2021?

* Zero.

 

Fly-tipping:

Please could you provide the requested data per year for the last 5 years
(2015- 2020)

1. What is the fine cost for a Fly-tipping FPN?

* £400.

 

2. How many fly-tipping FPN have you issued for each year over the last 5
years?

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21  
  0 3 2 0 2
                     

 

3. How much money was collected from FPNs for Fly-tipping each year for
the last 5 years?

* This is not recorded separately.

 

4. How many reports/complaints on fly-tipping did you receive for the
above time frame?

* 5 complaints.

 

5. What is the cost to the council to rectify fly-tipping offences?

* £71,676.

 

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Yours faithfully

 

 

Samantha Vernon
Freedom of Information Assistant
High Peak Borough Council

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