Litter Statistics

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Dear Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council,

I would like to request the following information on: 1) Litter under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, 2) Public Space Protection Orders under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and 3) Community Protection Notices under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
1. Data for the last 5 years on the following:
a) Under the EPA s88 how many fixed penalty notices for leaving litter were issued?
b) How many of these fines were paid and/or how many fines remain unpaid?
c) How many challenges have been made against payment of fines?
d) How many litter abatement notices were issued under the EPA s92?
e) How many street litter control notices were issued under EPA ss93-94?
f) How many litter clearance notices were issued under the EPA s92A?
2. Data from the time of commencement of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs):
a) Under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (ASBCPA) 2014, s59 how many PSPOs have been made?
b) Under the ASBCPA, s67 how many individuals have failed to comply with the order?
c) How many fixed penalty notices were issued for PSPOs under the ASBCPA, s68?
d) Under the ASBCPA, s61 how many further various have been made to orders in effect?
e) Under the ASBCPA, s66 how many times has the validity of the orders been challenged?
f) How many of these fines were unpaid?
3. Data from the time of commencement of Community Protection Notices (CPNs):
a) Under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (ASBCPA) 2014, s43 how many CPNs have been issued?
b) Under the ASBCPA s43 how many Community Protection Notices have been issued?
c) Under the ASBCPA, s52 how many fixed penalty notices have been issued?
Under the ASBCPA, s48 how many individuals have committed the offence of failing to comply with the order?
d) Under the ASBCPA, s46 how many appeals have there been against the CPNs?
e) How many fines remain unpaid?
If possible, it would be helpful if the data could be broken down by year, parish and type of litter offence (e.g. car litter, etc). If the council does not have the data (mentioned above) which body holds this data?

Yours faithfully,

Samantha Davey

FOI, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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RE: - Request For Information

Thank you for your request for information held by Rochdale Council which
was received by us on 28^th July 2017 regarding Litter Statistics.

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FOI, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Samantha,

 

Further to your Freedom of Information Request which was received on 28^th
July 2017, I am emailing to request some clarification in relation to your
queries.

 

Within your request, you asked:

 

1.c) How many challenges have been made against payment of fines?

Can you please clarify what you mean by challenged? Does this mean anybody
who has appealed against the fine or simply anybody who has queried the
fine?

 

We would appreciate it if you could provide this clarification to us at
[1][email address]

 

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From: Samantha Davey [mailto:[FOI #421460 email]]
Sent: 28 July 2017 10:15
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Litter Statistics

Dear Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council,

I would like to request the following information on: 1) Litter under the
Environmental Protection Act 1990, 2) Public Space Protection Orders under
the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and 3) Community
Protection Notices under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act
2014.
1. Data for the last 5 years on the following:
a) Under the EPA s88 how many fixed penalty notices for leaving litter
were issued?
b) How many of these fines were paid and/or how many fines remain unpaid?
c) How many challenges have been made against payment of fines?
d) How many litter abatement notices were issued under the EPA s92?
e) How many street litter control notices were issued under EPA ss93-94?
f) How many litter clearance notices were issued under the EPA s92A?
2. Data from the time of commencement of Public Space Protection Orders
(PSPOs):
a) Under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (ASBCPA) 2014,
s59 how many PSPOs have been made?
b) Under the ASBCPA, s67 how many individuals have failed to comply with
the order?
c) How many fixed penalty notices were issued for PSPOs under the ASBCPA,
s68?
d) Under the ASBCPA, s61 how many further various have been made to orders
in effect?
e) Under the ASBCPA, s66 how many times has the validity of the orders
been challenged?
f) How many of these fines were unpaid?
3. Data from the time of commencement of Community Protection Notices
(CPNs):
a) Under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (ASBCPA) 2014,
s43 how many CPNs have been issued?
b) Under the ASBCPA s43 how many Community Protection Notices have been
issued?
c) Under the ASBCPA, s52 how many fixed penalty notices have been issued?
Under the ASBCPA, s48 how many individuals have committed the offence of
failing to comply with the order?
d) Under the ASBCPA, s46 how many appeals have there been against the
CPNs?
e) How many fines remain unpaid?
If possible, it would be helpful if the data could be broken down by year,
parish and type of litter offence (e.g. car litter, etc). If the council
does not have the data (mentioned above) which body holds this data?

Yours faithfully,

Samantha Davey

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Dear FOI,

I mean anyone who has appealed.

Yours sincerely,

Samantha Davey

FOI, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Samantha,

 

Please find attached our response to your recent Freedom of Information
request.

 

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Unit
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Dear FOI,

Thank you for your detailed and speedy response. I was just wondering, how many unpaid fines were there for littering in the last year alone?

Yours sincerely,

Samantha Davey

FOI, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Requestor,   

RE: - Request For Information

Thank you for your request for information held by Rochdale Council which
was received by us on 5^th October 2017 regarding unpaid fines.

I write to advise you that your request has been allocated to the
department best able to deal with your queries, and will be considered
under the Freedom of Information Act.
Under the Act we are required to provide a response within 20 working days
however we do endeavour to provide a response at the earliest opportunity.

Should you have any queries, please contact us using the details below.

Yours sincerely,

Information Governance Unit

Customers & ICT

Floor 2, Number One Riverside

Smith Street, Rochdale, OL16 1XU

                                 

Email: [1][Rochdale Council request email]

 

From: Samantha Davey [mailto:[FOI #421460 email]]
Sent: 05 October 2017 12:27
To: FOI
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request : 13628

 

Dear FOI,

 

Thank you for your detailed and speedy response. I was just wondering, how
many unpaid fines were there for littering in the last year alone?

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Samantha Davey

 

Liz Mellor, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

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Good morning Samantha,

 

Please find attached response to your additional question to FOI 13914.

 

Many Thanks Liz

 

Liz Mellor

Senior Administrative Officer

Environmental Management

 

 

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