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?

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Thanks in advance for your help, kind regards,

Alex Homer

Senior Journalist
BBC Shared Data Unit

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BBC Shared Data Unit

Dear Flintshire County Council,

Could you please send me the council's full response to this FOI request?

It is overdue.

Thanks and kind regards,

Alex Homer
BBC Shared Data Unit

Rebecca Jones, Flintshire County Council

Dear Mr Horner,

I am sorry if you did not receive the response I sent in August. Here is a copy.

Rebecca

Dear Mr Horner,

FOI - F00018924

Thank you for your request for information dated 18 August, 2020. In response to the information requested;

How many regular car parking bays are there in all of the council-owned car parks across the council area? 4,214.

How many disabled car parking bays are there in all of the council-owned car parks across the council area? 259.

How many people held a blue badge disabled parking permit issued by the council as at 30 August 2019? 9,273.

How many applications for blue badge disabled parking permits has the council received since 30 August 2019? 3,331.

How many of these applications for blue badge disabled parking permits received since 30 August 2019 has the council:
Approved – 3,029
Directly refused – 92
Refused due to an incomplete requests – 210

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? 0

I trust this answers your request in full.

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Jones
Customer Contact Service Manager | Rheolwr Gwasanaeth Cyswllt â Chwsmeriaid
Customer Contact | Cyswllt â Chwsmeriaid
Governance | Llywodraethu
Flintshire County Council | Cyngor Sir Y Fflint
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