Havering Residents'Association

Working for the people of Havering


 


A LEAGUE OF LITTER FINES  

Havering issued 101 litter fines over the period April 2006 to March 2007. Of the 101 issued, 21 were cancelled, 10 are subject to court action and 70 were paid, raising some £3,600.

The issuing of litter fines is subject to varying degrees of commitment across London. Over the period, Southwark tops the table by issuing 2,809 tickets, collecting £103,435 with no cancelled tickets. Second highest is Tower Hamlets, issuing 1,375 tickets, collecting £47,350 with 117 cancelled tickets.

At the other end of the table is Camden and Harrow who have issued no tickets, whilst Newham have issued three.

The table below sets out the how boroughs across London are dealing with litter fines:

LITTER TICKETS ISSUED APRIL '06 TO MARCH ‘07

LOCAL AUTHORITY

NO. OF FIXED PENALTIES ISSUED

NO. OF FIXED PENALTY NOTICES CANCELLED

NO. OF FIXED PENALTIES PAID

AMOUNT COLLECTED (£)

LB Southwark

2809

0

1859

103,435

LB Tower Hamlets

1375

117

947

47,350

LB Haringey

821

21

563

42,260

LB Hammersmith & Fulham

760

121

332

16,700

LB Islington

641

63

498

28,900

LB Barking & Dagenham

579

333

158

11,850

LB Croydon

447

21

178

10,815

LB of Kensington & Chelsea

371

0

323

16,150

LB Lewisham

364

33

178

13,350

LB Greenwich

299

49

227

11,350

LB Merton

248

60

153

11,400

LB Bromley

244

23

150

5,390

LB Lambeth

226

1

193

10,688

LB Ealing

188

0

118

8,850

LB Redbridge

142

0

38

2,850

LB Hackney

128

6

51

3,825

LB Havering

101

21

70

3,600

LB Corporation of London

93

0

92

4,600

LB Sutton

55

2

49

3,657

LB Wandsworth

50

0

29

1,600

LB Hillingdon

49

1

44

2,200

LB Enfield

39

11

26

2,080

LB Brent

34

14

20

1,175

LB Richmond upon Thames

28

3

22

1,625

LB Barnet

20

2

10

500

LB Hounslow

14

0

11

550

LB Waltham Forest

12

0

11

600

LB Bexley

7

5

2

150

LB Newham

3

0

3

150

LB Camden

0

0

0

-

LB Harrow

0

0

0

-

LB of Kingston Upon Thames

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

10,147

907

6,355

367,650

 

 

 

13.12.07