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Subject: CPNs and PSPOs

Reference: WBC-FOI-00531

I would like the following information:

1. Please state the number of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) issued by your authority in the period November 2020-October 2021; and also the period November 2021-October 2022. Please also state the number of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) issued within these periods.

2. If possible, please state the subject of these CPNs - for example, by providing the texts, or stating the subject matter of the orders (e.g. Litter, waste, ASB).

3. Please state whether you have a procedure for considering written representations requesting the varying or discharging of CPNs (outside of Magistrate Court appeal).

4. Please state the total number of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) issued by your authority. Where possible, please provide a web link for the texts of these PSPOs.

5. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of violating a PSPO in the calendar years 2021 and 2022. Where possible, please state the offences for which these FPNs were issued (eg begging, alcohol, dog control, dispersal).

6. Please state if you contract a private enforcement company for issuing penalties for environmental or anti-social behaviour offences (e.g. Littering or PSPOs).

Response

Full Disclosure - 20 February 2023

I would like the following information:

1. Please state the number of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) issued by your authority in the period November 2020-October 2021; and also the period November 2021-October 2022. Please also state the number of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) issued within these periods.

Parks Police - Nil

Highways - 1 CPN in 2020 none in 2021/22

Community Safety - None

2. If possible, please state the subject of these CPNs - for example, by providing the texts, or stating the subject matter of the orders (e.g. Litter, waste, ASB).

Parks Police - N/A

Highways - Waste

Community Safety - N/A

3. Please state whether you have a procedure for considering written representations requesting the varying or discharging of CPNs (outside of Magistrate Court appeal).

No

4. Please state the total number of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) issued by your authority. Where possible, please provide a web link for the texts of these PSPOs.

Please see the figures below for Parks. Please also see the following - Public Spaces Protection Order - Wandsworth Borough Council

5. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of violating a PSPO in the calendar years 2021 and 2022. Where possible, please state the offences for which these FPNs were issued (eg begging, alcohol, dog control, dispersal).

Please see the figures below for Parks.

6. Please state if you contract a private enforcement company for issuing penalties for environmental or anti-social behaviour offences (e.g. Littering or PSPOs).

Not in parks and open spaces.

NSL issue FPN's for Littering offences to complement our in-house team.

Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of violating a PSPO

Parks & Open Spaces from 1st April 2022 to 31st December 2022

PSPO Article 4: The Dogs on Leads 14

PSPO Article 5: Dogs on Leads by Direction 5

PSPO Article 6: Dog Exclusion Areas 2

PSPO Article 7: More than 4 dogs at any one time 6

Total 27

Parks & Open Spaces from 1st April 2021 to 31st March 2022

PSPO Article 4: The Dogs on Leads 45

PSPO Article 6: Dog Exclusion Areas 9

PSPO Article 7: More than 4 dogs at any one time 1

Total 55

Please note that our responses were accurate to the best of our knowledge at the time of release, and have not subsequently been updated. This information should be considered an historical record only.