Ban ‘payment per fine’ incentives for Anti-Social Behaviour penalties

PSPOs were supposed to tackle serious anti-social behaviour, but some councils have brought in orders that prohibit actions such as standing in groups or busking without consent. Unlike Defra, the Home Office has not banned incentivised enforcement. We are calling on the Home Office to produce statutory guidance banning payment per fine incentives and to ensure this guidance can be the basis for appeal of a PSPO penalty in court.