196501-419992 EIR Environmental Protection

Last month, the Government outlawed single use plastics.

Single-use plastics ban: plates, bowls, trays, containers, cutlery and balloon sticks - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Since the law came in on October 1, please disclose.

* The total number of reports to the council that businesses have been supplying prohibited single use plastic items.

* How many investigations the council have launched in the wake of these reports since October 1

* The total number of fines that have been issued since October 1 relating to single use plastics.

* For each fine, please disclose what single use item(s) the business in receipt of the fine had allegedly supplied.