Written questions

Litter: Fines

Commons · Question 43624 · Tabled 2 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 make an assessment of the potential impact of the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse being non-

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 8 Apr 2025

The Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse, as it relates to cleaning standards, is statutory guidance. The code was amended in 2019 to include advisory guidance on litter enforcement. We do not intend to make an assessment of levels of compliance with the...