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Table 2: The number of fixed penalty notices issued by local authorities for the offences of graffiti, dog fouling and the dropping of litter, in England, financial years 1997- 2005
Litter( 1) Dogs( 2) Graffiti( 3)

1997-98

727

292

(4)—

1998-99

4,777

1,321

(4)—

1999-2000

2,970

1,545

(4)—

2000-01

2,247

1,817

(4)—

2001-02

11,615

2,311

(4)—

2002-03

12,820

2,036

(4)—

2003-04

7,565

2,742

(4)—

2004-05

25,216

3,557

19

(1 )Offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. (2 )Offence under the Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996. (3) Offence under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003. (4 )Nil Source: DEFRA


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Table 3: Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for selected offences related to fly-tipping, littering and dog fouling, by police force area, England and Wales 1997-2004
Fly-tipping offences( 1)
Police force area 1997 1998 1999 2000( 4) 2001 2002 2003 2004

Avon and Somerset

2

1

—

—

1

1

1

—

Bedfordshire

—

6

—

—

2

1

2

1

Cambridgeshire

3

9

—

—

—

—

—

1

Cheshire

—

2

4

4

6

6

12

3

City of London

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Cleveland

6

5

3

5

1

1

2

4

Cumbria

4

3

1

4

—

2

6

1

Derbyshire

1

4

4

4

13

4

6

8

Devon and Cornwall

9

4

9

10

14

17

13

23

Dorset

5

—

—

2

1

4

—

—

Durham

—

1

1

3

—

—

1

—

Essex

10

11

4

7

5

2

3

10

Gloucestershire

—

1

2

—

—

1

—

—

Greater Manchester

1

3

13

12

9

10

21

10

Hampshire

10

8

3

2

7

9

6

5

Hertfordshire

4

3

11

7

4

4

3

2

Humberside

—

3

5

3

5

20

17

9

Kent

—

—

—

—

—

1

2

17

Lancashire

6

25

26

28

11

47

24

17

Leicestershire

—

3

—

—

1

1

—

4

Lincolnshire

2

7

4

10

9

11

8

12

Merseyside

2

1

2

3

5

—

—

1

Metropolitan Police

4

11

18

5

10

15

12

45

Norfolk

1

4

1

—

—

1

1

2

North Yorkshire

—

6

5

—

6

—

2

—

Northamptonshire

—

3

7

5

1

2

—

—

Northumbria

8

8

14

23

9

7

18

23

Nottinghamshire

—

—

1

—

1

—

—

3

South Yorkshire

12

13

6

8

4

10

10

9

Staffordshire

—

2

2

(4)—

—

3

—

2

Suffolk

4

—

2

1

4

2

—

6

Surrey

6

15

—

7

4

13

3

1

Sussex

—

4

1

5

6

1

4

4

Thames Valley

1

—

6

10

10

17

18

20

Warwickshire

1

—

—

—

—

2

2

2

West Mercia

2

—

5

2

3

5

1

2

West Midlands

6

24

39

10

21

24

33

26

West Yorkshire

4

9

10

4

3

2

2

5

Wiltshire

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Dyfed-Powys

—

5

1

2

1

2

1

3

Gwent

1

—

—

2

6

—

4

2

North Wales

—

—

—

2

6

3

3

7

South Wales

2

2

3

2

18

18

12

19

England and Wales

117

206

213

192

207

269

253

309

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