Litter: Fixed Penalties
Commons · Question 43348 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2025 to Question 32568 on Litter: Fines, if he will take steps to issue guidance to local authorities on establishing a mechanism to (a) appeal and (b
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 8 Apr 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. We consider i...