Blue badge disabled parking permits

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BBC Shared Data Unit

Good afternoon,

I hope you are well. I would be grateful if you would treat this correspondence as a formal request for disclosure of the following information, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("FoI").

Description of information sought:

How many regular car parking bays are there in all of the council-owned car parks across the council area?

How many disabled car parking bays are there in all of the council-owned car parks across the council area?

How many people held a blue badge disabled parking permit issued by the council as at 30 August 2019?

How many applications for blue badge disabled parking permits has the council received since 30 August 2019?

How many of these applications for blue badge disabled parking permits received since 30 August 2019 has the council:
1. Approved
2. Directly refused
3. Refused due to an incomplete request

How many applications for blue badge disabled parking permits has the council received from applicants with hidden/non-visible disabilities (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peopl...) since 30 August 2019?

How many of these applications for blue badge disabled parking permits received from applicants with hidden/non-visible disabilities (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peopl...) since 30 August 2019 has the council:
1. Approved
2. Directly refused
3. Refused due to an incomplete request

Could the council please provide the answers to all of the above questions by downloading this read-only Googlesheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1... and filling out its answers in one row of the download, re-saving it and it sending it back as an attachment in response in a .csv file format?

If you need any clarification about my request, or if you cannot provide all of the data I have requested, please contact me to discuss what information you could supply at the earliest opportunity on +443030823927.

If I am mistaken and the information requested is already in the public domain, please direct me to where I can find it.

If it is not, and you feel you cannot provide all of this information, please provide what information you can in the spirit of Section 16 of FoI, to ‘provide advice and assistance, so far as it would be reasonable to expect the authority to do so, to persons who propose to make, or have made requests for information’.

Please provide me with a summary of the information I have requested.

I look forward to hearing from you promptly, and at any rate, within the statutory time limit of 20 working days from your receipt of this request.

Whilst writing, I take this opportunity to remind you of the Information Commissioner's public statements, in which he has stated that there is a "presumption of disclosure" under FoI.

Please note that if this request for FoI disclosure is refused, I reserve the right to take up the matter with the Information Commissioner and/or to pursue all legal avenues of appeal. I trust this will not be necessary.

Thanks in advance for your help, kind regards,

Alex Homer

Senior Journalist
BBC Shared Data Unit

Freedom Of Information (NELC), North East Lincolnshire Council

Dear Sir / Madam

 

I am pleased to acknowledge your request for information, which has been
allocated the reference number NELC/18323/2021

 

Your request has been passed to the relevant department and you can expect
your response within the 20 working day limit. If it will take us longer
than 20 working days to respond to you, we will inform you of this and
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promptly to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 (FOI), this may be delayed due to urgent operational priorities
in responding to the current Coronavirus pandemic. We apologise for any
inconvenience this may cause but trust you will appreciate the reasons why
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Yours sincerely

 

North East Lincolnshire Council

 

 

 

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Freedom Of Information (NELC), North East Lincolnshire Council

Dear Sir / Madam

 

Thank you for your information request, reference number FOI
NELC/18323/2021. I wish to confirm that North East Lincolnshire Council
holds the following information.

 

How many regular car parking bays are there in all of the council-owned
car parks across the council area?

 

2831

 

How many disabled car parking bays are there in all of the council-owned
car parks across the council area?

 

149

 

How many people held a blue badge disabled parking permit issued by the
council as at 30 August 2019?

 

7393 (including 72 organisation badges)

 

How many applications for blue badge disabled parking permits has the
council received since 30 August 2019?

 

2973

 

How many of these applications for blue badge disabled parking permits
received since 30 August 2019 has the council:

 

 1. Approved

 

2247

 

 2. Directly refused

 

418

 

 3. Refused due to an incomplete request

 

153

 

155 awaiting evidence/ payment or waiting to be processed / assessed

 

How many applications for blue badge disabled parking permits has the
council received from applicants with hidden/non-visible disabilities
([1]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peopl...)
since 30 August 2019?

 

150

 

How many of these applications for blue badge disabled parking permits
received from applicants with hidden/non-visible disabilities
([2]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peopl...)
since 30 August 2019 has the council:

 

 1. Approved

 

74

 

 2. Directly refused

 

23

 

 3. Refused due to an incomplete request

 

35

 

18 awaiting evidence / payment or waiting to be processed / assessed

 

If you believe that your request for information has not been handled in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, you have the right to
request an internal review by the Council. Please be clear about which
elements of the Council’s response or handling of the request you are
unhappy with, and would like the Council to address during the internal
review process.  If following this you are still dissatisfied you may
contact the Office of the Information Commissioner. If you wish to request
an internal review, please contact me and I will make the necessary
arrangements.

 

Yours sincerely on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council

 

Feedback Officer

Resources Directorate

 

 

 

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Freedom Of Information (NELC), North East Lincolnshire Council

 

Dear Sir / Madam

 

Thank you for your information request, reference number FOI
NELC/18323/2021. I wish to confirm that North East Lincolnshire Council
holds the following information.

 

How many regular car parking bays are there in all of the council-owned
car parks across the council area?

 

2831

 

How many disabled car parking bays are there in all of the council-owned
car parks across the council area?

 

149

 

How many people held a blue badge disabled parking permit issued by the
council as at 30 August 2019?

 

7393 (including 72 organisation badges)

 

How many applications for blue badge disabled parking permits has the
council received since 30 August 2019?

 

2973

 

How many of these applications for blue badge disabled parking permits
received since 30 August 2019 has the council:

 

 1. Approved

 

2247

 

 2. Directly refused

 

418

 

 3. Refused due to an incomplete request

 

153

 

155 awaiting evidence/ payment or waiting to be processed / assessed

 

How many applications for blue badge disabled parking permits has the
council received from applicants with hidden/non-visible disabilities
([1]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peopl...)
since 30 August 2019?

 

150

 

How many of these applications for blue badge disabled parking permits
received from applicants with hidden/non-visible disabilities
([2]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peopl...)
since 30 August 2019 has the council:

 

 1. Approved

 

74

 

 2. Directly refused

 

23

 

 3. Refused due to an incomplete request

 

35

 

18 awaiting evidence / payment or waiting to be processed / assessed

 

If you believe that your request for information has not been handled in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, you have the right to
request an internal review by the Council. Please be clear about which
elements of the Council’s response or handling of the request you are
unhappy with, and would like the Council to address during the internal
review process.  If following this you are still dissatisfied you may
contact the Office of the Information Commissioner. If you wish to request
an internal review, please contact me and I will make the necessary
arrangements.

 

Yours sincerely on behalf of North East Lincolnshire Council

 

Feedback Officer

Resources Directorate

 

 

 

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