Parking Ticket Data

Neil made this Freedom of Information request to Reading Borough Council

The request was partially successful.

From: Neil

12 August 2009

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

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From: Smith, Sarah (Legal)
Reading Borough Council

12 August 2009

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From: Allen, Helen
Reading Borough Council

11 September 2009

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Dear Mr Houston

Please see attached letter in response to your recent Freedom of
Information request.

Helen Allen
Parking Services Manager

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From: Allen, Helen
Reading Borough Council

22 January 2010

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Dear Mr Houston

Please see attached letter in response to your Freedom of Information
request.

Helen Allen
Parking Services Manager

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The information in this e-mail is confidential to the intended recipient
to whom it has been addressed and may be covered by legal professional
privilege and protected by law.

Reading Borough Council does not accept responsibility for any
unauthorised amendment made to the contents of this e-mail following its
dispatch.

Reading Borough Council has scanned for viruses. However, it is your
responsibility to scan the e-mail and attachments (if any) for viruses.

If received in error, you must not retain the message or disclose its
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Norris left an annotation (26 April 2010)

Take a look at http://nutsville.com/ to find out more about NSL Services Ltd setting parking ticket targets for traffic wardens (civil enforcement officers) in the City of Westminster. I'm sure NSL Services operates the same way all over the country. If NSL Services parking wardens want overtime (which the majority do as they get a higher hourly rate) then they must issue a set amount of parking tickets per day. Any parking warden that doesn't issue a minimum amount of parking tickets faces disciplinary action. Search http://nutsville.com/ to find out more about NSL Services and parking ticket targets for wardens.

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