PLACE DIRECTORATE
Ian Saxon
Assistant Executive Director
Environmental Services
Mr M Robson
Tame Street Depot, Tame Street,
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Stalybridge, Tameside, SK15 1ST
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Doc Ref
FOI 6711
Ask for
Sharon Smith
Direct Line
0161 342 2277
Date
9 October 2017
Dear Mr Robson,
Freedom of Information – Request for Information
Unique Reference: FOI 6711
Thank you for your request for information dated 13 September 2017, which the Council received
by email. You have requested the following information:
1)
“How many cases of car clocking has your council investigated in the last 5 years?
2)
Of those cases, how many were dealt with by prosecuting the suspected offenders?
3)
How many of those prosecutions were successful?
4)
In total, how many vehicles were involved in the successfully prosecuted cases?
5)
What is your council’s policy for alerting innocent members of the public and motor
trade to vehicles the council has successfully proven have been "clocked"?
6)
Can you provide confirmation in respect of question 5 of the type of action you have
taken to warn people about the vehicles you have discovered to have been clocked?
For example, publishing vehicle details, alerting Auto Trader or other specialist
publications; registering data with HPI and other mileage data services.
7)
as the council or trading standards department sei ed any cloc ed vehicles over
the past five years and subsequently destroyed them?”
I am pleased to advise the Council can provide the information you have requested.
1) One.
2) None.
3) Not applicable.
4) Not applicable.
5) The Council does not have a Policy. However, there has recently been some discussion with
the Trading Standards North West (TSNW) fair trading group that this information should be
passed to the organisations that car traders use to check the mileage of vehicles such as the
National Mileage Register (NMR). Work is currently ongoing as to the best way to do this and
what information has to be given.
6) As above.
7) No.
If you have any queries about this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make
a complaint, or request a review of the Council's decision, please write to Sandra J Stewart,
Borough Solicitor, at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Dukinfield Town Hall, Dukinfield,
Tameside SK16 4LA.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Commissioner cannot normally make a decision unless you
have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the Council. The Information Commissioner
can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF and at
www.ico.gov.uk. Yours sincerely,
Sharon Smith
Head of Environmental Services (Public Protection)