Freedom of Information Request, FOI - Littering Enforcement, Fly-tipping and Litter Bin Statistics
Case reference FOI2025/00983
Received 12 November 2025
Published 8 December 2025
Request
Littering Fines
1. Do you issue fines for littering? (YES/NO)
2. If so, at what level do you levy fines?
Enforcement & Statistics
3. Do you use an in-house team or a private enforcement company to issue fines for littering?
4. How many Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for littering did you issue in 2024/2025 (to date)?
5. How many Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for car parking did you issue in 2024/2025 (to date)?
Litter Bins
6. How many litter bins do you have in your council area now?
7. How many litter bins did you have 10 years ago (2014/2015)?
8. Have you removed any litter bins in the past 10 years, and if so, how many?
Litter Clearance Costs
9. What was your annual spending on litter clearance in 2024/2025 compared to 2014/2015?
Fly-tipping
10. How many people did you catch fly-tipping in 2024?
11. How many FPNs did you issue for fly-tipping in 2024?
12. How many of the FPNs issued for fly-tipping were paid?
13. How many people did you prosecute for fly-tipping in court in 2024?
14. How many of the court prosecutions resulted in a custodial sentence for fly-tipping?
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If you are unable to provide any of the requested information, I would be grateful if you could explain which exemption you are applying and why.
Response
Clean Up Britain
Littering Fines
1. Do you issue fines for littering? (YES/NO)
2. If so, at what level do you levy fines? £150
Enforcement & Statistics
3. Do you use an in-house team or a private enforcement company to issue fines for littering? In-house
4. How many Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) for littering did you issue in 2024/2025 (to date)? 21
5. How many Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) for car parking did you issue in 2024/2025 (to date)? 686 between 1 January 2024 and 30 November 2025
Litter Bins
6. How many litter bins do you have in your council area now?
997
7. How many litter bins did you have 10 years ago (2014/2015)?
No data
8. Have you removed any litter bins in the past 10 years, and if so, how many?
Non recorded
Litter Clearance Costs
9. What was your annual spending on litter clearance in 2024/2025 compared to 2014/2015?
No data
Fly-tipping
10. How many people did you catch fly-tipping in 2024?
13
11. How many FPNs did you issue for fly-tipping in 2024?
33
12. How many of the FPNs issued for fly-tipping were paid?
5
13. How many people did you prosecute for fly-tipping in court in 2024?
0
14. How many of the court prosecutions resulted in a custodial sentence for fly-tipping?
0
Documents
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