FOI request (FOI202901)

Litter FPNs

Requested Fri 09 December 2016
Responded  Thu 22 December 2016

This request concerns the number of fixed penalty notices issued by your authority. 1) Please state the number of fixed penalty notices issued by your council for dropping litter in each of the following financial years.  i)                    2013/14 ii)                   2014/15 iii)                 2015/16   2) Please state the amount of money collected by your authority from these fixed penalty notices for littering in each of the following financial years.  i)                    2013/14 ii)                   2014/15 iii)                 2015/16   3) Please state the number of fixed penalty notices for littering which were unpaid at the end of each of the following financial years.  i)                    2013/14 ii)                   2014/15 iii)                 2015/16   4) Please state whether fixed penalty notices for littering are issued by your council itself of by a private company contracted by your council. a)      If collected by the council directly, please state the number of employees authorised to issue the fixed penalty notices. b)      If they are issued by a private company, please state the name/s of the company/s, and the date the contract/s started.

Response

1) Please state the number of fixed penalty notices issued by your council for dropping litter in each of the following financial years. This includes Smoking Related Litter and Litter Dropping. i) 2013/14 - 132 issued ii) 2014/15 - 53 issued iii) 2015/16 - 118 issued 2) Please state the amount of money collected by your authority from these fixed penalty notices for littering in each of the following financial years. i) 2013/14 - £4.375.00 ii) 2014/15 - £2.750.00 iii) 2015/16 - £6.295.00 3) Please state the number of fixed penalty notices for littering which were unpaid at the end of each of the following financial years. i) 2013/14 - 40 ii) 2014/15 - 10 iii) 2015/16 - 32

4) Please state whether fixed penalty notices for littering are issued by your council itself of by a private company contracted by your council.- By Hastings Borough Council a) If collected by the council directly, please state the number of employees authorised to issue the fixed penalty notices - 24 Employees b) If they are issued by a private company, please state the name/s of the company/s, and the date the contract/s - N/A