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Mr M Robson

[1][FOI #430504 email]

Our Ref: 170855/F3/CW

Email: [Blackpool Council request email]

Dear Mr Robson

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST

I am writing to confirm that we have now completed our search for the
information you requested on 8th September 2017.

You asked the Council;

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?

                None.

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

                N/A.

3)            How many of those prosecutions were successful?

                N/A.

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"?

We would of course, which could be done through the Experian motor car
checker online, we don't have a separate policy and therefore would follow
our Enforcement policy regarding any notifications.

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 ývehicle details, alerting Auto
Trader or other specialist publications; registering data with HPI and
other mileage data services.

                As above at 5.

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

                No.

The legislation allows you to use the information supplied to you for your
own personal use.  Please be aware that any commercial use or other use
such as publication or sale may be a breach of copyright under the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 unless you obtain the copyright
holder’s prior permission.

Not all of the information that the Council supplies to you that is
subject to copyright, will be the Council’s copyright.  You should seek
consent from the Council or the copyright holder as appropriate.  If you
wish to reuse the information supplied you should contact the Council for
advice on this.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request you may ask for
an internal review and you should submit this in writing to: FOI Internal
Review, Blackpool Council, PO Box 4, Blackpool, FY1 1NA.  Your request for
internal review should be submitted within 40 working days of receipt by
you of this response.

If you are not happy with the outcome of the review, you have the right to
apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office for a decision. 
You can contact the Information Commissioner at: Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF, (www.ico.org.uk).

If you have any queries about this letter you can contact me, or write to:
FOI, PO Box 4, Blackpool, FY1 1NA, or email us at [email address]. 
Please remember to quote your reference number when you contact us.

Yours sincerely

Claire White

Section Administrator | PA to Tim Coglan, Service Manager

Public Protection Division | Blackpool Council | Number One | Bickerstaffe
Square | Talbot Road | Blackpool | FY1 3AH

T: 01253 478327

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