Disabled parking spaces fines

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Dear Sunderland City Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the number of fixed penalty notices issued by the council for the following offences in the last year (2020):

- Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner (both on and off-street, PCN codes 40 and 87).

Yours faithfully,
Jamie Dixon

Solicitor - Freedom of Information, Sunderland City Council

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Re: Your request for information concerning:

 

Disabled Parking Spaces Fines

 

The Council aims to provide available information promptly and in any
event within 20 working days, unless, exceptionally, there is a need to
consider whether the information is exempt from disclosure.

 

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Please quote the reference below if you contact the Council regarding this
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Customer Request Number:  FOI_3665

 

      

 

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OCEFOI, Sunderland City Council

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Dear Jamie Dixon,

 

I refer to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. I can confirm that the Council does hold this
information, as detailed below.

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act I would like to request the number of
fixed penalty notices issued by the council for the following offences in
the last year (2020):

 

- Parked in a designated disabled person’s parking place without
displaying a valid disabled person’s badge in the prescribed manner (both
on and off-street, PCN codes 40 and 87).

From January 2020 to December 2020 the number of Penalty Charge Notices
issued for codes 40 and 87 are as follows:

 

Code 40 – Parked in a Disabled Bay = 620 Penalty Charge Notices Issued

 

Code 87 – No Disabled Badge = 123 Penalty Charge Notices Issued

 

This information has been provided in response to a Freedom of Information
request and this must be acknowledged in any subsequent use of the
information. In addition, the authority must be notified of any proposed
re-use of this information for commercial or other purposes.

 

I hope this is satisfactory. If, however, you are dissatisfied with our
response to your request for information, you can ask for the decision to
be reviewed in reply to this letter, however any request for review must
be submitted within 40 days of the date of this freedom of information
response. The review will be removed from the Directorate and coordinated
by the Council’s team of Solicitors. A request for review should be
directed, by email to [1][Sunderland City Council request email] by post or
by hand addressed to Business Support, Sunderland City Council, Civic
Centre, Burdon Road, Sunderland. SR2 7DN.

 

If this fails to resolve your concerns, then you have the right to apply
to the Information Commissioner for a decision.

 

Kind Regards

 

 

Steve Hanratty

Business Manager

Economic Regeneration

City Development Directorate

Sunderland City Council

Tel: 0191 5617808

[2]www.sunderland.gov.uk

 

 

 

 

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