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Litter: Enforcement

Commons · Question 119806 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 18 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Clearer rules to support councils in fight against litter louts, published on 3 March 2026, what additional funding and resour

Answer

Answered by Mary Creagh, 18 Mar 2026

To support local councils to make good use of their fixed penalty powers for littering the Government has laid new Statutory Guidance, “Litter enforcement powers: when and how to use them” in Parliament. Local councils will need to have regard to this gui...