Parking Spaces

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Dear Wyre Borough Council,

I wanted to get in touch to see if you'd please be able to help me with a few of these questions, relating to your area.

I would like to know..
1. How many Blue Badge holders are in your area?
2. How many council-owned parking spaces there are?
3. How many of these council-owned parking spaces are for Blue Badge holders?
4. How many of these council-owned parking spaces are parent-child spaces?
5. How many fines are, on average, given out, to those that park in Blue Badge spaces that aren't allowed to park there?
6. The same for parent-child spaces.

If you could please get back to me as soon as you can, that would be really great.

Many thanks!
Emma

Wyre Borough Council

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Greener, Catherine, Wyre Borough Council

Dear Emma

               

Re: Freedom of Information Request

 

Thank you for your email where you requested information regarding parking
spaces.

 

1. How many Blue Badge holders are in your area? Not known – the Blue
Badge scheme is operated by Lancashire County Council, not Wyre Council.

2. How many council-owned parking spaces there are? 2,382

3. How many of these council-owned parking spaces are for Blue Badge
holders? 159 (plus 4 shared with parent/child)

4. How many of these council-owned parking spaces are parent-child spaces?
8 (plus 4 shared with disabled)

5. How many fines are, on average, given out, to those that park in Blue
Badge spaces that aren't allowed to park there? 2017-18 = 540 2018-19 =
518 2019-20 = 444 2020-21 = 104 2021 to date = 77 6. The same for
parent-child spaces. 2017-18 = 0 2018-19 = 0 2019-20 = 0 2020-21 = 0 2021
to date =

 

 

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