Current plan is to explore ways to empower parish councils in particular, but also local authorities, to increase their enforcement activity by exploring potential barriers:

• General awareness among public, and parish councils themselves

• Funding for training

• Sourcing training providers

• Clarifying training requirements

Extract from CPRE's Litter Law Report - also see Enforcement page:

"261. Our research found that local parish councils to date have either not been aware that they had the power to issue fines for littering, or found the training requirement to be too expensive. With increased awareness of this power and the new, less cumbersome rules on the training of such officers, it is, therefore, likely that the powers will be used more. Consequently, parish councils will be better able to tackle local litter ‘hot-spots’ and, thus, to better address litter problems in their own community. Clearly, the number of FPNs will also rise."