A report released today, to the Capital Standards Network, shows that the Capital Standards Enforcement Week which took place between Monday 17th October - Friday 21st October 2005 led to an estimated twelve thousand activities taking place during the week ranging from education activities to enforcement activities regarding fly tipping.
Education was the most frequently undertaken area of enforcement and specific activities included the handing out of leaflets, letters and other educational material. The second most frequent area of enforcement was in relation to Duty of Care. Examples of activities included requests for Waste Transfer Notes, various Duty of Care enquiries and the issuing of verbal and written warnings. The third and fourth most frequent areas of enforcement were fly posting and litter enforcement. Fly posting activities predominately centred on the removal of fly posting whilst litter enforcement activities included verbal warnings and fixed penalty notices.
The Week received a wide range of coverage across a various media channels including BBCI, BBC London, the Evening Standard and numerous other local newspapers.
The level of Staining and Paved Area Obstruction also dropped during the period of the enforcement week indicated that the levels of improved during this period as a result of a reduction in the level of staining from dropped litter and a reduction in the number of A boards which is a cause of paved area obstruction.
Capital Standards Members can obtain a full copy of the report on request from the Capital Standards Manager.