Consultation outcome

Reducing litter: penalties for environmental offences

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 10 April 2017
• Last updated: 26 August 2017 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Summary of responses

PDF, 530 KB, 32 pages

Detail of outcome

We received 181 responses to this consultation. The government will take these into account when developing further litter policy.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeking views on increasing fines for littering, graffiti, fly-posting and introducing new fines for throwing litter from vehicles.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
12:15am on 10 April 2017 to 11:45pm on 18 June 2017

Consultation description

We want to know what you think about whether to increase the on-the-spot fines for littering, graffiti and fly-posting in England. We are also proposing new fines for the owners of vehicles from which litter has been thrown.

We are seeking views from:

• any authority which has enforcement powers on littering, including local councils, National Park Authorities, the Broads Authority, England parish or community councils
• Local Government Association
• vehicle-hire companies and taxi companies
• environmental non-governmental organisations and charities
• the public

Published 10 April 2017
Last updated 26 August 2017 + show all updates

1. 26 August 2017

   Added the summary of responses.

2. 10 April 2017

   First published.