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Written Question
Litter: Rural Areas
Friday 15th March 2024

Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle littering in rural areas.

Answered by Robbie Moore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Prime Minister’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan set out how we will support councils across the country to take tougher action against those who litter. For example, last year we significantly raised the upper limit on fixed penalty notices from £150 to £500 and from 1 April 2024 councils will have to spend this income on enforcement or clean up activity. We have previously given district councils powers to hold the keeper of a vehicle responsible for littering offences committed from it.

Natural England refreshed the Countryside Code in 2021 which makes clear visitors’ responsibilities in protecting the environment when accessing the outdoors. This includes the need to take rubbish and food waste home, use public bins or recycle if possible.

National Highways’ recent campaign aimed to change road users’ behaviour towards littering. The campaign ran from 12 February to 10 March and road users were implored to stop littering as its deadly impact on wildlife was revealed.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Ministry of Justice

Sep. 22 2023

Source Page: Offenders help turn the tide against beach litter
Document: Offenders help turn the tide against beach litter (webpage)

Found: Offenders help turn the tide against beach litter

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Probation Service

Sep. 22 2023

Source Page: Offenders help turn the tide against beach litter
Document: Offenders help turn the tide against beach litter (webpage)

Found: Offenders help turn the tide against beach litter

General Committees
Draft Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 Draft Waste Enforcement (Fixed Penalty Receipts) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023 - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) Litter and fly-tipping harm the environment and blight our communities. - Speech Link
2: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) instrument will drive councils in England to reinvest more income from fixed penalty receipts from litter - Speech Link
3: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) Lady’s question about litter and fly-tipping fining for profit, fixed penalty notices should never be - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Jul. 21 2023

Source Page: National Litter and Flytipping strategy: island communities impact assessment
Document: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy - Island Communities Impact Assessment (PDF)

Found: National Litter and Flytipping strategy: island communities impact assessment

Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Jul. 21 2023

Source Page: National Litter and Flytipping strategy: island communities impact assessment
Document: National Litter and Flytipping strategy: island communities impact assessment (webpage)

Found: National Litter and Flytipping strategy: island communities impact assessment

Scottish Government Publication (Strategy/plan)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Jun. 28 2023

Source Page: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy
Document: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy (PDF)

Found: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy

Scottish Government Publication (Strategy/plan)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Jun. 28 2023

Source Page: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy
Document: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy 2023-24 Action Plan (PDF)

Found: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy

Scottish Government Publication (Strategy/plan)
Environment and Forestry Directorate

Jun. 28 2023

Source Page: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy
Document: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy (webpage)

Found: National Litter and Flytipping Strategy

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Environment Agency

Aug. 10 2023

Source Page: Pick up your butts! Cigarettes top plastic litter in rivers
Document: Pick up your butts! Cigarettes top plastic litter in rivers (webpage)

Found: Cigarettes top plastic litter in rivers