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Litter: Fixed Penalties

Commons · Question 32567 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2025

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Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025, to Question 23782, on Domestic Waste: Disposal, what is the process and right of appeal against an outsourced company that issues a fixed pe

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 4 Mar 2025

There is no formal right of appeal against a fixed penalty notice. If an alleged offender does not accept their liability for the offence, there is no requirement on them to pay the fixed penalty. They may have to defend their case in court. As this is an...