AQW 25511/17-22


Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim


Tabled Date: 09/11/2021
Answered On Date: 19/11/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail a timeframe in which he intends to increase the maximum fine for littering to £200.


Answer:
The draft Environment Strategy was issued for public consultation on 11 November 2021 with a closing date of 18 January 2022. The draft Strategy includes my proposal to increase the maximum Fixed Penalty Notice for littering offences to £200.
It will not be possible to pass the necessary legislation in the remaining Assembly mandate, but it is DAERA’s intention to do so early in the next Assembly mandate.