Car Clocking

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Dear Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,

TRADING STANDARDS FOI
Illegal car clocking/ vehicle mileage adjustment is in the news at the moment as such could you answer the following questions.

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) Has the council or trading standards department seized any "clocked" vehicles ‎over the past five years and subsequently destroyed them?

Yours faithfully,

Mr.M.Robson

Yours faithfully,

Mr.M.Robson

Accesstoinformation, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Dear Mr.M.Robson,

Thank you for your request for information regarding car clocking (reference number 02403). Your request was received on the 11/09/2017 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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Kind Regards,

Information Governance Team
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

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Dear Mr.M.Robson,

Thank you for your request for information regarding car clocking (reference number 02403); please see our response below. If you have any queries regarding your request for information then please don’t hesitate to contact us.

1) How many cases of car clocking has your council investigated in the last 5 years? 5

2) Of those cases, how many were dealt with by prosecuting the suspected offenders? 1

3) How many of those prosecutions were successful? 0

4) In total, how many vehicles were involved in the successfully prosecuted cases? N/A

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"? All successful prosecutions have the details released to the press and Councillors in the authority

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. N/A prosecution unsuccessful

7) Has the council or trading standards department seized any "clocked" vehicles ‎over the past five years and subsequently destroyed them? No

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 our decision, you should write to: Information Governance Manager, Information Governance, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, G Floor, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 7DY or email [Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council request email].

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot 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.

Please find attached our 'have your say' feedback policy.

Kind Regards,

Heather Wolstenholme
Information Governance Officer
Email: [email address]
Tel: 01254 585651

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