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<p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government published the Litter Strategy for
England in 2017, setting out our approach of applying best practice in education,
enforcement and ‘binfrastructure’ in order to deliver a substantial reduction in litter
and littering within a generation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Litter Strategy
sets out a number of proposals to improve enforcement against littering, including
commitments to “support councils in using new powers to issue fixed penalties for
small‑scale fly‑tipping offences”, and “deliver guidance to promote proportionate
and responsible enforcement”. Alongside the Strategy, we also consulted on proposals
to increase the fixed penalty for littering, and to give councils improved powers
to take enforcement action against littering from vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Through the National Fly-tipping Prevention Group we have published guidance
which sets out clearly the powers available to local authorities when tackling fly-tipping.
It is the responsibility of local authorities to use the full range of enforcement
powers available to them to tackle fly-tipping. The list of powers is online here:
<a href="http://www.tacklingflytipping.com/Documents/NFTPG-CaseStudies/Fly-tipping-responsibilities-Guide-for-local-authorities-and-land-manage....pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.tacklingflytipping.com/Documents/NFTPG-CaseStudies/Fly-tipping-responsibilities-Guide-for-local-authorities-and-land-manage....pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>With effect from April 2018, we have increased the maximum
fixed penalty for littering from £80 to £150, and given councils in England new powers
to tackle littering from vehicles. We have no plans to make further changes to the
level of fixed penalties at this stage. It is for councils now to use these powers
and some are already taking advantage of them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have
also recently consulted on improved guidance on the proportionate use of these enforcement
powers, which we propose to incorporate into the statutory Code of Practice on Litter
and Refuse. That consultation closed on 8 June and responses are currently being considered.
We expect to publish the revised guidance later this year.</p><p> </p>
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