Our Ref: FOI 3243

Email response to Mr Houston

29^th September 2009

Dear Mr Houston

FOI APPEAL

I write further to your email dated 28^th August 2009 seeking a review of the decision of the City Council to refuse your request,

FOI Request:

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 (i.e. date, time and method of payments made), officer ID

2. I would also like to request any information regarding `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.

The appeal panel convened on Monday 21^st September 2009 and in deliberating its decision the panel gave consideration to:

The panel upheld the appeal on the grounds that the information provided did not fully meet the requirements of the original request and the request is referred back to the service area for further consideration.

If however, you are not satisfied with the City Council's decision, you may apply to the Information Commission for an independent review at the following address:-

The Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tele No: 01625 545700

www.ico.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Malkiat Thiarai

Corporate Governance and Information Manager