Review of 101004046774 EIR Fly Tipping Incidents and Costs
Request 101004083685
Review of 101004046774 EIR Fly Tipping Incidents and Costs
I am dissatisfied with the way the Council has dealt with my request and require a review of its failure to respond. I would be grateful if the review were carried out and the information provided as soon as possible, and in any event within the twenty working days allowed by section 21(1).
If the Council does not respond within that period, I may apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision under section 47(1), as applied to environmental information by regulation 17.
For ease of reference, my original request was for the following, for each of the financial years 2021-22 to 2025-26:
1. The number of fly-tipping incidents reported to the council.
2. A breakdown of those incidents by the type of land on which the waste was deposited, for example council-owned land, other public land, private land, roadside or verge, and agricultural or forestry land, using whatever categories the council records.
3. The number of incidents that were investigated, and the number in which a person responsible was identified.
4. The number of fixed penalty notices issued for fly-tipping, the number paid in full, the number withdrawn or cancelled, and the number referred to the Procurator Fiscal following non-payment.
5. The total sum recovered in fixed penalties, and the total sum written off as unpaid.
6. The cost incurred by the council in clearing fly-tipped waste, and the tonnage cleared, in each year.
7. The number of incidents on private land in respect of which the council took no clearance action, and a copy of any policy governing when the council will clear waste from private land.
8. The number of staff, expressed as full-time equivalent, employed in enforcement functions relating to fly-tipping and litter on 31 March in each of the years 2022 to 2026.
9. Confirmation of the system or systems on which the council records fly-tipping incidents, and whether the council reports these figures to any national body or database.