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...