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01732 227350
Ask for:
Wiebke Arnolds
Your ref:
My ref:
240/2009
Email:
[Sevenoaks District Council request email]
Date:
17/08/2009
Dear Mr Houston,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST RE: Parking Enforcement
Thank you for your information request dated 12/08/09 and received 13/08/2009.
Please see your requests and the Councilâs responses below:
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 (22 July 2004 till now) 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.
The Council holds the raw data, but we have estimated that the Officerâs time
involved in collating the data into the categories you have listed, would exceed the
"appropriate limit" of ÂŁ450 of the equivalent in Officerâs time (2.5 days), as prescribed
in the Regulations under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2004.
However, if you were to make a new request for a narrower category of information,
as you offered in your email to us (â If you need any clarification of this request or if it
is too broad in any way please feel free to email meâ), we may be able to assist
subject to the Council holding the information and the appropriate limit not being
exceeded.
2. I would also like to request any information regarding ârewardâ/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.
Please note that the Civil Enforcement Officers are directly employed by the Council
and do not have targets to issue a set number of Penalty Charge Notices each year.
3. 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.
The Council uses ICES Parking Gateway. The Council records the data fields as
required by the TMA 2004 Act. This will vary according to the type of Parking
Contravention Notice that has been issued. Please find a test example of the fields
attached. The database does not link to any other data set.
4. If FOI requests of a similar nature have already been asked could you please
include your responses to those requests.
Please find a recent FOI request with the questions we receive on a regular bases.
I trust the above information has been of assistance to you. Should you have any
further questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are dissatisfied with the way your request for information has been handled, or
you wish to seek a review of the decision not to release information to you, please
write to Ally Round, Democratic Services Manager, Sevenoaks District Council,
Argyle Road, Sevenoaks TN13 1BR or email:
[email address]. The
review procedures can be accessed via
www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/council_democracy__local_services/about_the_council/data
_protection_and_freedom_of_information.
If, following the review of your complaint, you are still unhappy with the decision of
the Council, you have a right to ask the Information Commissioner to look at your
case.
Yours sincerely
Wiebke Arnolds
Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
Encl. Test sample, Response to FOI 173.2009
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