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Byelaws and Fixed Penalties

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN 24236, tabled on 15 January 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 99 of the Devolution White Paper (CP 1218), published on 16 December 2024, whether her Department plans to issue statutory guidance on the appropriate use of (a) byelaws and (b) fixed penalty notices; whether there will be a maximum threshold for fixed penalty notices; and whether there will be a right of appeal.

Answered on

22 January 2025

The government will work with councils to determine how byelaws should be made and enforced, and what guidance is required, as set out in the English Devolution White Paper.