Fly-tipping and Litter: Fixed Penalties
Commons · Question 44991 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding penalty points to the driver’s licences of people convicted of (a) fly-tipping and (b) littering from a vehicle.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 22 Apr 2025
Local authorities already have powers to stop, search and seize vehicles of suspected fly-tippers. We will consider the benefits of allowing penalty points to be added to the driving licence of people convicted of fly-tipping in due course.