Continuous Cruisers

Dear Mr Davies

Thank you for your request for information dated 16th November 2010.

I understand that you have requested the following information:

    

            1. The total number of licenced Pleasure Boats on
the Inland

     Waterways

     2. The total number of licenced Pleasure Boats on the Kennet and

     Avon canal between Bath and Bradford on Avon (K&A).

     3. The total number of liveaboard itinerant Pleasure Boat owners

     without a permit to continuously moor along the stated stretch of

     the K&A.

     4. The total number of Private Pleasure Boat owners with permits
to

     continually moor along the K&A.

     5. The total number of Pleasure Boats boats with Business Leisure

     Licences along the K&A.

      6. The total number of patrol notices issued to Pleasure Boats

     enforcing the 'Continuous Cruising Guidance' in the last 12
months

     along the K&A.

      7. A break down of patrol notices issued to Pleasure Boats
along

     the K&A for a). Business Leisure Licences when off their home

     mooring b). Pleasure Boats with mooring permits when off their
home

     mooring c). Itinerant boat owners with no home mooring.

I am pleased to inform you that once we have confirmed the extent to which
the regulations permit the release of the information which you have
requested a response will be sent within a 20 working day timescale from
the date we received your request.

Yours Sincerely

Chris Gray

Information officer

British Waterways

01942 405732

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Dear Mr Davies,

I refer to my e-mail of 16 November and I respond in bold below to the
information requested in your e-mail of 15 November:-

1. The total number of licensed Pleasure Boats on the Inland
Waterways - 31,077.

2. The total number of licenced Pleasure Boats on the Kennet and Avon
canal between Bath and Bradford on Avon (K&A) - 1,282.

3. The total number of live aboard itinerant Pleasure Boat owners
without a permit to continuously moor along the stated stretch of the
K&A. We do not hold this information.

4. The total number of Private Pleasure Boat owners with permits to
continually moor along the K&A. There are currently 222 BW mooring
permits on the K&A Canal (excluding winter moorings of which there are
currently 30).

5. The total number of Pleasure Boats with Business Leisure Licences
along the K&A - 191.

6. The total number of patrol notices issued to Pleasure Boats
enforcing the 'Continuous Cruising Guidance' in the last 12 months along
the K&A. We do not hold this information.

7. A break down of patrol notices issued to Pleasure Boats along the
K&A for a). Business Leisure Licences when off their home mooring b).
Pleasure Boats with mooring permits when off their home mooring c).
Itinerant boat owners with no home mooring. We do not hold this
information.

If we haven't reasonably met your expectations in relation to a request
for information or you believe we may not have acted in accordance with
the above legislation you should write in the first instance to Kelly
Radley Head of Customer Relations, 64 Clarendon Road, Watford, Herts WD17
1DA outlining your concerns and asking for a review to be undertaken. 
Your correspondence will be acknowledged and a review of your case will be
undertaken. The review is usually undertaken by a director and you should
receive a response within 15 working days. 

Should you remain unsatisfied by the response you receive you are able to
contact the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire  SK9 5AF [1]www.ico.gov.uk/Global/contact_us.aspx.

Yours Sincerely

Chris Gray

Information Officer

British Waterways

01942 405732

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From: Chris Gray
Sent: 16 November 2010 10:41
To: '[FOI #51972 email]'
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Continuous Cruisers -
FOIA226/10

Dear Mr Davies

Thank you for your request for information dated 16th November 2010.

I understand that you have requested the following information:

1. The total number of licenced Pleasure Boats on the Inland

Waterways

2. The total number of licenced Pleasure Boats on the Kennet and

Avon canal between Bath and Bradford on Avon (K&A).

3. The total number of liveaboard itinerant Pleasure Boat owners

without a permit to continuously moor along the stated stretch of

the K&A.

4. The total number of Private Pleasure Boat owners with permits to

continually moor along the K&A.

5. The total number of Pleasure Boats boats with Business Leisure

Licences along the K&A.

6. The total number of patrol notices issued to Pleasure Boats

enforcing the 'Continuous Cruising Guidance' in the last 12 months

along the K&A.

7. A break down of patrol notices issued to Pleasure Boats along

the K&A for a). Business Leisure Licences when off their home

mooring b). Pleasure Boats with mooring permits when off their home

mooring c). Itinerant boat owners with no home mooring.

I am pleased to inform you that once we have confirmed the extent to which
the regulations permit the release of the information which you have
requested a response will be sent within a 20 working day timescale from
the date we received your request.

Yours Sincerely

Chris Gray

Information officer

British Waterways

01942 405732

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Dear Mr Davies,
Thank you for your e-mail requesting an internal review of your FOI request for information about continuous cruisers (FOIA226/10). One of BW's directors will conduct the review and respond to you in due course.

Kind regards

Kelly Radley
Internal communications & customer services manager
Direct line: 01923 201151
[mobile number]

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