Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request
some information relating to the enforcement of parking
restrictions, specifically penalty charge notices.

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

2. I would also like to request any information regarding
‘reward’/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.

Regarding part 1. ideally I would like the location unit to be
'street' but if this is not practical then under your section 16
duty to advise and assist I would expect you to contact me to
discuss how you record this geospatial data so that I may narrow my
request in a way that works for both of us.

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.

If this information is held by an outside contractor then it is
your responsibility under the FOIA to obtain that information.

If it is held by another public body then please can you inform me
of this and if possible transfer the request to that public body.
My preferred format to receive this information is by electronic
means. For both parts I would like the response to be in the form
of a raw text file, tab delimited, with text qualifiers where
required.

If you need any clarification of this request or if it is too broad
in any way please feel free to email me. If some parts of this
request are more difficult to answer than others please release the
answerable material as it is available rather than hold up the
entire request for the contested data.

If FOI requests of a similar nature have already been asked could
you please include your responses to those requests. I would be
grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received
this request, and I look forward to hearing from you within the
20-working day statutory time period.

Yours faithfully,

Neil Houston

To: [FOI #16706 email]

FAO Neil Houston

Date: 24 Aug 2009

Dear Mr Houston

Re: FOI Request - Parking Ticket Data (Our Ref: RQ00727)

Wyre Borough Council holds only some of the information you require.

As you have probably discovered Parkwise ( i.e. part of Lancashire County
Council) handles traffic enforcement on behalf of this council and they
also hold most of the information you require. We have been in contact
with Laura Padden at Parkwise [email address] who has
assured us that Parkwise will provide you with the information you need.
You can contact the LCC's Freedom of Information section by using the link
[1]http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/f....

The information which only Wyre BC holds (and Parkwise does not hold) is
for Q2 relating to the employment of Civil Enforcement Officers. This is
as follows:-

Civil Enforcement Officers, employed by this council are Grade 4, with a
salary band of £15,570-£16,663. They are not, and never have been, on
performance-related pay, nor do they receive any bonus payments.

Yours faithfully
Colin Bedford, FOI Officer

Wyre Borough Council
Civic Centre
Poulton-Le-Fylde
FY6 7PU

Notes: If you are unhappy about the above response to your request you may
ask for an internal review. You should email me directly if you wish to
complain. The internal review would be carried out independently by
another council. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal
review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

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