Council Goods Vehicles

Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your request for information regarding Council vehicles,
which was received on 19th October, 2009 and is being dealt with under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We are therefore required to
provide you with a response within 20 working days, which will be on or
before 16th November, 2009.

If we require any clarification or further details, we will contact you
as soon as possible.

In the meantime, if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to
contact me, remembering to quote the reference number above in any
communications.

Yours faithfully

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council

Tel: (01267) 246108
Mewnol/Internal: 6108
Ffacs/Fax: (01267) 246134

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I refer to your request for information regarding Council vehicles,
which was received on 19th October, 2009 and has been dealt with under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The specific information you requested was as follows:

1. I write under the Freedom of Information Act asking you where the
council keeps its vehicles overnight, i.e. outside working hours.

2. Additionally I would be grateful of a copy of the council's Goods
Vehicle Operator's License.

3. Vehicle registration BN58 WDP is currently parked in a residential
street, outside the council's area, where parking restrictions apply
between certain hours. As this vehicle is parked on a residential street
outside the county, presumably for use by an employee, could you please
provide information or policies regarding personal use of council
vehicles along with details of its application to employment TAX
(taxable benefit).

Details of where the Council keeps its Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) are
already published on the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (VOSA)
website, as follows:

https://www.tan.gov.uk/tanen/vosa_anonym...
?txtRequestId=75572

Under Section 21 of the Act, a public authority is not obliged to
provide information where it is already reasonably accessible to the
applicant, which in the case of your request is via a website as
detailed above.

A copy of our operator's licence is attached.

The driver of this vehicle you refer to is authorised to take the
vehicle to their home. This allows the operative either to go direct to
site, or finish from site each day.

The vehicle is a 3.5 tonne tipper and therefore falls outside the scope
of the operator's licence in terms of where it can be parked (the
operating centre). The operators licence is only concerned with
vehicles classed as HGV and the vehicle you refer to is not in this
class. Therefore, vehicles not classed as HGV may be parked, for
example, on the highway outside of operatives homes, provided they do
not cause an obstruction.

Please also find attached our Fleet Road Risk Policy.

Whilst not required of me under the Act, I would also explain that in
terms of taxable benefit, employees are exempt by virtue of the fact
that the van is not used for private journeys other than the journey
from home to work.

As I am not providing information which is already published, please
consider this email to be a formal notice of refusal under Section 17 of
the Act.

If you disagree with this decision or the way in which your request has
been dealt with, you have the right to complain in the first instance
to:

The Head of Administration & Law
Carmarthenshire County Council
County Hall
Carmarthen
SA31 1JP

Email: [email address]

If you remain unhappy with any subsequent decision, you have the right
to appeal to the Information Commissioner to rule on your complaint.
You may write to him at:

Information Commissioner
Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me.

Yours faithfully

John Tillman
Swyddog Gwybodaeth a Diogelu Data
Adran y Prif Weithredwr
Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin

Information & Data Protection Officer
Chief Executive's Department
Carmarthenshire County Council

Tel: (01267) 246108
Mewnol/Internal: 6108
Ffacs/Fax: (01267) 246134

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