Litter statistics in Dorset
Dear Dorset County 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 Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990, s87 how many individuals committed the offence of leaving litter?
b) Under the EPA, s88 how many fixed penalty notices for leaving litter were issued?
c) How many of these fines were paid and/or how many fines remain unpaid?
d) How many challenges have been made against payment of fines?
2. Data from the time of commencement of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs):
a) Under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (ASBCPA), 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 paid and/or how many fines remain 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 have been paid and/or how many fines remain unpaid?
If possible, it would be helpful if the data could be broken down by year, local authority 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 Ms Davey,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. The answers to your
questions are below.
I should point out that these answers have been provided by the Dorset
Waste Partnership (DWP). This is a partnership set up between the seven
Dorset waste authorities (Dorset County Council, Christchurch Borough
Council, East Dorset District Council, North Dorset District Council,
Purbeck District Council, Weymouth and Portland Borough Council and West
Dorset District Council) with Dorset County Council as the lead authority.
Therefore, we are answering your request for the whole area covered by the
DWP.
1. Data for the last 5 years on the following:
a) Under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990, s87 how many
individuals committed the offence of leaving litter? None
b) Under the EPA, s88 how many fixed penalty notices for leaving litter
were issued? None
c) How many of these fines were paid and/or how many fines remain unpaid?
N/A
d) How many challenges have been made against payment of fines? N/A
2. Data from the time of commencement of Public Space Protection Orders
(PSPOs):
a) Under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (ASBCPA), s59
how many PSPOs have been made? See note below
b) Under the ASBCPA, s67 how many individuals have failed to comply with
the order? See 2a
c) How many fixed penalty notices were issued for PSPOs under the ASBCPA,
s68? See 2a
d) Under the ASBCPA, s61 how many further various have been made to orders
in effect? See 2a
e) Under the ASBCPA, s66 how many times has the validity of the orders
been challenged? See 2a
f) How many of these fines were paid and/or how many fines remain unpaid?
See 2a
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? None
b) Under the ASBCPA s43 how many Community Protection Notices have been
issued? None
c) Under the ASBCPA, s52 how many fixed penalty notices have been issued?
See note below
Under the ASBCPA, s48 how many individuals have committed the offence of
failing to comply with the order? N/A
d) Under the ASBCPA, s46 how many appeals have there been against the
CPNs? N/A
e) How many fines have been paid and/or how many fines remain unpaid? N/A
Questions 2 (all parts) and 3c are not the responsibility of DWP or indeed
Dorset County Council, as these questions relate to District/Borough
Council functions. Therefore you would need to contact these Councils in
order to gain this information. Please find attached an information
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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Team
Dorset County Council
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