The Local Environmental Safety Agency (LESA) issued 280,726 fines between 1 January and 20 December 2022.

This information emerged in Parliament on Tuesday, when Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri responded to a question asked by Nationalist MP Ivan Bartolo.

The 2022 figure is less than the 342,725 fines that were issued in 2021, however, similar to the 261,280 fines issued in 2020.

Out of the issued tickets in 2022, 16,879 of these were contested. Out of these,  5,211 petitions were accepted, 141 were partially accepted, 10,548 were not, and 979 decisions are still pending.

In 2021 there were 26,498 fines contested and in 2020 there were 17,477.

The tribunal also heard 4,119 cases in 2022, where 2,578 were found not guilty and 1,541 were guilty. 

In 2021 there were 12,126 cases heard by the tribunal and in 2020 there were 6,669 cases heard.