Motorcycle Parking Spaces

Pors Tonith made this Freedom of Information request to Westminster City Council

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From: Pors Tonith

22 July 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could I please ask the total number of Council provided motorcycle
parking spaces available annually from 2004 until the present
within Westminster? Could I ask the reason for the difference over
each year?

Could I also ask for the details and dates of any legislation
brought in by Westminster to disallow motorcycles to park on
pavements and common ground?

Lastly, Could I ask for the most recent details for PCN's given to
cars, motorcycles and other forms of transport from January 2009?

Many thanks for your hard work in getting these details, it's much
appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

Pors Tonith

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Westminster City Council

23 July 2009

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Thank you for your request for information.

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This Freedom Of Information Request was based on the following
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Name: Pors Tonith
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Request Details: Could I please ask the total number of Council provided
motorcycle
parking spaces available annually from 2004 until the present
within Westminster? Could I ask the reason for the difference over
each year?

Could I also ask for the details and dates of any legislation
brought in by Westminster to disallow motorcycles to park on
pavements and common ground?

Lastly, Could I ask for the most recent details for PCN's given to
cars, motorcycles and other forms of transport from January 2009?

Many thanks for your hard work in getting these details, it's much
appreciated.

FOI Reference Number: 4121
Target Completion Date: 19/08/2009

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From: MotorCycleParking
Westminster City Council

8 September 2009

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David Boothroyd left an annotation ( 8 September 2009)

That weblink in paragraph one - to the page giving the current number of motorcycle spaces in Westminster - is wrong and returns a 404. I think the correct link was supposed to be http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/t... (where 'services' replaces 'parking' in the first subdirectory.

Although that's only a guess. That page does give a number of motorcycle spaces in Westminster but it's only approximate.

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From: MotorCycleParking
Westminster City Council

8 September 2009

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From: Pors Tonith

13 September 2009

Dear MotorCycleParking,

Thanks for that response but the file No AttachName.bmp does not
contain any information, perhaps it's corrupted?

I take it that's the file containing all the PCN's from January
2009 for all vehicles?

Yours sincerely,

Pors

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From: Pors Tonith

6 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Thanks for the addition of the following file:

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/15...

Regarding points:

Q1) Can you set out (as requested under the FOIA) the table of
charges fior the £750 you are asking for to check manual TMO's back
to 2004?

As charges are £750 for 5 years of TMO checks, can I adjust my
request so that you go back to 2006 in order to reduce the cost to
below the £450 threshold?

Q2) Thanks for your answer but my request was specific to Q1, i.e.
what were the reasons for total number of spaces available over the
years specified (now reduced to 2006 to date). Not what possible
reasons, generally, could there be for totals to change.

Q3) Thank you for your answer and location of details.

Q4) I'm afraid there is no attachment of PCN totals attached since
January, Could you resend or attach to this FOI please?

Yours faithfully,

Pors Tonith

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Martin J left an annotation ( 4 November 2009)

My own FOI (4477), related to changes to the number of motorcycle spaces, has just, in essence, been 'rejected' as "information not held", and they suggested I refer to this FOI for similar information.

However, for this FOI, they say they DO have the information, albeit there would be a charge to work through the manual TMOs! This does not seem to be consistent, as the same process could be used to provide the answer to my FOI!? Which is true!?

Additionally, David Boothroyd was right with his earlier annotation about the correction to the link, although it should also be pointed out that the intended page of the WCC website nevertheless shows an INCORRECT number of WCC motorcycle spaces in Car Parks, since as of 1st September 2009, 170 spaces were lost when Cramer Street Car Park (44 spaces) and Leicester Square Car Park (126 spaces) were "sold off", so it should be 883, rather than 1,053 !

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From: Pors Tonith

30 November 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

This has seemingly been ignored, could you address and advise me of
its status please?

Yours faithfully,

Pors Tonith

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From: FOI
Westminster City Council

1 December 2009

Dear Mr Tonith,

Thank you for your email below.

I will look into your query and aim to respond within 10 working days.

Yours sincerely,

Tanya Holden
Data Protection & FOI Officer
Knowledge and Information Management
Westminster City Council
101 Orchardson Street
London, NW8 8EA
Tel: 0207 641 6451
Fax: 0207 641 2872
Email: [Westminster City Council request email]
[1]www.westminster.gov.uk

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From: FOI
Westminster City Council

14 December 2009

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Dear Mr Tonith,

Please find attached the Council's response to your emails of the 6th
October and 30th November.

<<Response to Internal Review - Tonith FOI 4121.doc>> <<parking offences
by vehicle type (3).xls>>

Yours sincerely,

Tanya Holden
Data Protection & FOI Officer
Knowledge and Information Management
Westminster City Council
101 Orchardson Street
London, NW8 8EA
Tel: 0207 641 6451
Fax: 0207 641 2872
Email: [Westminster City Council request email]
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