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Fly-tipping and Litter: Fixed Penalties

Asked by Wendy MortonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 22 April 2025UIN 44991

The question

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.

Answered by Mary Creagh

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.

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