Dear Mr Houston

Thank you for your information request which has been passed to me for attention.

In relation to your Question 1, you have asked for the data based on “street” location.  I would note that Angus Council does not enforce on street car parking, rather this is a matter for the Police utilising Traffic Wardens/Police Officers.  If you wish I can transfer your enquiry to Tayside Police and I’d be obliged if you could confirm you wish me to do so. 

Angus Council Roads Division enforces car parking within the off street car parks operated by the Division, all of which are free of charge.  I can provide you with the enforcement information for these off street car parks that the council documents which is not entirely in the format you have requested, as the council does not document all the details you have requested.  I would be obliged if you could please confirm that you wish to receive this information for off street car parking.

Yours sincerely

 

-----Original Message-----
From: FriedrichM
Sent: 03 August 2009 09:59
To: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx'
Subject: FOI Request: What do they know - Parking Ticket Data

Martin Friedrich
Paralegal
Corporate Services Department
Angus Council
Angus House, Orchardbank
Forfar DD8 1AN
Tele: 01307 476246
E-mail: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: 01 August 2009 10:18
To: LAWADMIN
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Parking Ticket Data



     Dear Sir or Madam,

     Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request
     some information relating to the enforcement of parking
     restrictions, specifically penalty charge notices.

     1. I would like to request the raw data set of parking tickets
     issued in the name of the council within the last five year period
     broken down by: date, time, location, narrative of infraction,
     current status of case, next status of case, transaction details
     (ie. date, time and method of payments made), officer ID

     2. I would also like to request any information to 'reward'/bonus
     schemes/contracts in place for your parking enforcement officers.
     This is envisaged to cover the details of any systems, including
     (where bonuses are paid) the amount per officer per year, for the
     last five years.

     Regarding part 1. ideally I would like the location unit to be
     'street' but if this is not practical then under your section 16
     duty to advise and assist I would expect you to contact me to
     discuss how you record this geospatial data so that I may narrow my
     request in a way that works for both of us.

     As a supplementary, under section 16, I would also ask that you
     provide some detail about the recording processes of this parking
     information. E.g. What software is used? What data fields are
     recorded? What other data sets it links to, etc.

     If this information is held by an outside contractor then it is
     your responsibility under the FOIA to obtain that information.

     If it is held by another public body then please can you inform me
     of this and if possible transfer the request to that public body.
     My preferred format to receive this information is by electronic
     means. For both parts I would like the response to be in the form
     of a raw text file, tab delimited, with text qualifiers where
     required.

     If you need any clarification of this request or if it is too broad
     in any way please feel free to email me. If some parts of this
     request are more difficult to answer than others please release the
     answerable material as it is available rather than hold up the
     entire request for the contested data.

     If FOI requests of a similar nature have already been asked could
     you please include your responses to those requests. I would be
     grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received
     this request, and I look forward to hearing from you within the
     20-working day statutory time period.

     Yours faithfully,

     Neil Houston

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