Mr J Maxwell
Our ref
8000022012
By email only:
request-185889-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
20 December 2013
Dear Mr Maxwel
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
2000
Please find below TfGM’s response to your Freedom of Information request dated
20 November 2013.
Information requested: “Please disclose the fol owing information for the first
half of 2013.
a) The categories or reasons for issuing standard fare tickets by passenger
service representatives. For example, no ticket purchased, adult travelling on a
concessionary ticket, child/pensioner without a concessionary pass, out of date
ticket, out of date season ticket etc, etc.
Please state the numbers issued for each category over this period and totals (or
% for each category).
The number of standard fares issued per month for the first half of 2013 are as
fol ows:
January
1175
February
618
March
1577
April
875
May
925
June
877
Please note TfGM does not hold information regarding the reasons for each issue
as we are not provided with this level of detail by the Metrolink operator.
Transport for Greater Manchester is an executive body of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority
b) Number of court summons sent out per month by Metrolink revenue recovery
services. Please state which courts the cases were due to be heard at.”
Summonses are issued by Bury Magistrates. The number issued for the first half
of 2013 (January-June) is 1,571.
If you are not satisfied with the response in this letter you may ask for an internal
review. If you would like an internal review you should contact me in the first
instance. My e-mail address is at the end of this letter.
If you remain dissatisfied after an internal review has been undertaken, you have
a right to apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at:
Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Please remember to quote the above reference number in any future
communications.
Yours sincerely
Melissa Ivinson
Paralegal
Direct line: 0161 244 1117
Email:
xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
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