Issue of parking fines in Maidstone Borough Council

Mr John Back-Brown

[1][FOI #10895 email]

Date 5 May 2009
My Ref FOIreq/SG/af

Dear Mr Back-Brown

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information asking for details of parking
tickets and fines issued for Council-ran car parks. Your request was
received on 24 April and I am dealing with it under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. I intend to deal with your request by 21
May 2009.

Your request will be subject to any exemption which the Council is
entitled to apply to refuse your request. Some of these are absolute
exemptions, and some only apply where the public interest in refusing to
supply the information outweighs that in disclosing the information.

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Yours sincerely

[2]mso21D32

Steve Goulette

Assistant Director of Environmental Services

t 01622 602134 f 01622 602974

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Angela Feasey

Secretary to Steve Goulette

Asst Director of Environmental Services

Tel 01622 602614

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Mr J Back-Brown

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Date: 11 May 2009

My ref: FOIreq/SG/JK/af

Dear Mr Back-Brown

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

Further to my email dated 5 May 2009, I am writing to confirm that the
Council has now completed its search for the information which you
requested on 24 April 2009 and I am pleased to include below the
information you have requested.

The total number of parking tickets (penalty charge notices) issued in
Maidstone Borough Council run Pay & Display car parks for the year May
2008 to May 2009 is 10,880. This figure is broken down as follows;

o Contravention code 83-Parked in a Car Park without displaying a valid
pay and display ticket-8450
o Contravention Code 81-Parked in a restricted area of a car park-61
o Contravention Code 24-Not parked correctly within the markings of a
bay or space-789
o Contravention Code 27-Parked in a disabled person's parking space
without displaying a valid disabled persons badge in the prescribed
manner-450
o Contravention Code 05 -Parked after the expiry of paid time-1130.

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If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to Mr Paul Fisher, Head of Legal Services, Maidstone
Borough Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent ME15 6JQ,
explaining your reasons for complaining or requesting a review.

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints
procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner can be
contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water
Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely

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Steve Goulette

Assistant Director of Environmental Services

t 01622 602134 f 01622 60974

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