Membership of BPA (British Parking Association)

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Dear St Edmundsbury Borough Council,

I have noted that in their latest list of members the BPA (British Parking Association) lists yourselves:
https://www.britishparking.co.uk/BPA-Mem...

The BPA is not a highly regarded organisation by many motorists and seen as ineffective in regulating the private parking operators who make up the bulk of its membership; MPs in the House of Commons have also echoed these concerns.

Therefore, can you please provide the following information about your membership:
- The date you first become a member.
- The reason for becoming the member.
- How it benefits your residents by being a member.
- Benefits received by being a member of the BPA.
- The annual costs for being a member of the BPA.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Jonathan WIlliams

foi, St Edmundsbury Borough Council

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Dear Mr Williams

 

Request for Information

 

I refer to your correspondence dated 25 January 2019 when you requested
information for St Edmundsbury Borough Council (SEBC):

 

RESPONSE:

 

The BPA is not a highly regarded organisation by many motorists and seen
as ineffective in regulating the private parking operators who make up the
bulk of its membership; MPs in the House of Commons have also echoed these
concerns.

 

Therefore, can you please provide the following information about your
membership:

 

  - The date you first become a member.          

        2007

  - The reason for becoming the member.

        We have no written record on this

  - How it benefits your residents by being a member.

        We have no written record on this

  - Benefits received by being a member of the BPA.

        We have no written record on this

  - The annual costs for being a member of the BPA.

        £888.00 + VAT

 

If you are unhappy with this response you may request an internal review
of this matter via the Council’s corporate complaints procedure.

 

If, after an internal review, you are still unhappy with the decision, you
have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at the following
address:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire  SK9 5AF

Tel: 01625 545 745

Fax: 01625 524 510

Email: [1][email address]

 

Yours sincerely

 

FOI/Complaints Coordinator

West Suffolk Operations

(Waste & Street Scene Services, Property Services, Car Parks & Markets)

Forest Heath District & St Edmundsbury Borough Councils

West Suffolk House

Western Way

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk.  IP33 3YU

[2][email address]

 

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