Inspections and Compliance Activities - Find a freedom of information request

Please find below a request for environmental information made under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. I would be grateful if you could process this request or direct it to the appropriate team or department within your organisation. 

Environmental Information Request

This request is made under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, under Regulation 5(1), which provides the right of access to environmental information held by public authorities.

Please provide the following information covering the period from 2020 to the present:

1. The number of inspections or compliance activities your authority has carried out in relation to single-use plastic regulations (for

example bans on plastic straws, cutlery, polystyrene containers, and/or similar).

2. The number and type of enforcement actions (and no actions) taken. This may include warnings, fixed penalties, prosecutions, or other

enforcement actions available to your authority.

3. Any local strategy, internal guidance, or policy documents used to monitor or enforce compliance.

4. Any complaints or reports of non-compliance received by your authority. Please kindly provide the number and the outcome. 

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.  
 
1. None undertaken to date

2. None undertaken to date

3. No specific policy on single use plastic.  Our enforcement policies can be found here:
Trading Standards prosecution and enforcement sanctions policy
Trading Standards service compliance and enforcement policy

4. 7 complaints, 1 request for business advice.  For the latter the business was advised of the requirements and exemptions.  In relation to the 7 complaints, a specific code has been created to easily identify businesses we receive complaints about that may be used to inform future actions/projects.