FOI request (FOIR-592135621)

Dog fouling

Requested Mon 04 March 2024
Responded Thu 21 March 2024

1. How many complaints have you had in the last 12 months (March 2023-March 2024) about dog poo/dog waste being reported in public areas (that is, in parks, on pavements, walkways, public fields, and so on)?

2. How many complaints have you had in the last 12 months (March 2023-March 2024) about dog poo/dog waste being reported on private property (that is, someone's front garden, driveway, path, and so on)?

3. How many complaints did you have in the 12 months prior (March 2022-March 2023) about dog poo/dog waste being reported in public areas?

4. How many complaints did you have in the 12 months prior (March 2022-March 2023) about dog poo/dog waste being reported on private property (that is, someone's front garden, driveway, path, and so on)?

5. How many people were prosecuted or issued with a fixed penalty notice for not cleaning up dog waste/dog poo between March 2023-March 2024?

6. How many people were prosecuted or issued with a fixed penalty notice for not cleaning up dog waste/dog poo between March 2022-March 2023?

7. How many dog poo/dog waste bins do you have, as of March 2024? This includes dedicated dog poo/dog waste bins as well as public litter bins that accept dog waste.

8. How many dog poo/dog waste bins did you have as of March 2023? This includes dedicated dog poo/dog waste bins as well as public litter bins that accept dog waste.

9. Do you have any plans to increase the number of dog poo/dog waste bins? Do you have any plans to decrease the number of dog poo/dog waste bins?

10. If so, on either question 9 or 10, by how many. Please state a number rather than a percentage.

Response

1. Hastings Borough Council does not yet have statistics from January to March this year - January 2023 to January 2024 was 103

2. Information not held

3. 58

4. Information not held

5. Nil

6. Nil

7. 30

8. 30

9. No plans to increase or decrease

10. Not applicable