CPU update separate notes referred to in the Notts Parking Partnership Board meeting 22nd July 2016
Peter Harris made this Freedom of Information request to Nottinghamshire County Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Nottinghamshire County Council,
The minutes sent previously are not inclusive as they refer to the notes of the CPU elsewhere. Would you please send me a copy of the notes of the CPU refrred to in the minutes.
Yours faithfully,
Peter Harris
Dear Nottinghamshire County Council,
Please can you ensure that the appropriate officer responds, as this is not the first time that I have had to remind your officer to reply within the required time frame.
Yours faithfully,
Peter Harris
Dear Nottinghamshire County Council,
I am still awaiting a response to this request. You sent some information from the similar, but different request, on the same date. This was responded to - after you took additonal time to redact some information claiming commercial confidentiality [although the redaction was not shown in the document]. However, I am still waiting for a response on the CPU update request.
You wil recall that this arises from a request for the minutes of the Board, that should have included these notes, but did not do so, as the update was just referred to, rather than being included inthe minutes [as is best practice].
I am very disappointed by this continued prevaracation
Yours faithfully,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
Thank you for your email below. I have reviewed your recent Freedom of Information Requests which are as follows:
NCC-027261-17 submitted on 14 September 2017:
Can you please send me the minutes of the last two meetings of the Board, electronically, please. However, I am looking for the minutes of any meeting where the CPU performance data is tabled, the last update published being in December 2015, and I understand that there have been subsequent presentations and meetings to discuss the CPU and NSL, and it is these that I am referring to.
Mrs Kelly responded to this request on 12 October and with a copy of the minutes and on 16 November with a copy of the CPU update. Unfortunately in her final response Mrs Kelly failed to advise you that with regards to the NSL update Nottinghamshire County Council does not hold this information. They are circulated in paper form at the time of the meeting but the Central Processing Unit do not retain copies of them anymore.
NCC-027716-17 submitted on 13 October 2017:
where you stated 'minutes sent previously are not inclusive as they refer to the notes of the NSL update elsewhere. Would you please send me a copy of the notes of the CPU referred to in the minutes'. This was acknowledged as a new request, however, it was linked to the request Mrs Kelly was dealing with and was therefore forwarded to Mrs Kelly to respond to as part of the original request. I am sorry that this was not explained to you in the final response.
I apologise for any inconvenience caused and for the oversight regarding the NSL information.
Yours sincerely
Denise Makar
Senior Practitioner
Complaints and Information Team
0115 9772788
my working pattern is Monday-Thursday
Dear FOI,
I understand that the paper copies of the NSL update to Nottinghamshire County Council were taken away by officers at the time of the meeting. I suggest that a further request is made of the officers that attended the meeting - it is highly likely that paper copies are retained for filing, so please persist in this.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris, I have been advised by the Nottinghamshire County Council Officers who attended the meeting, that NSL update was handed out in paper form, a copy of which was not taken away from the meeting by Nottinghamshire County Council. Therefore Nottinghamshire County Council does not hold the information provided by NSL which you are requesting.
I am sorry that I cannot be of any further assistance on this occasion.
Yours sincerely
Denise Makar
Senior Practitioner
Complaints and Information Team
0115 9772788
my working pattern is Monday-Thursday
Dear Nottinghamshire County Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Nottinghamshire County Council's handling of my FOI request 'CPU update separate notes referred to in the Notts Parking Partnership Board meeting 22nd July 2016'.
I find it most surprising that no officer took away, and filed, the paper copies of this material - given that it contained essential financial information for future budgetting and long term organisation appraisal. I would like a review of the documentation that officers took with them, as I cannot belive that no copies were taken away from the meeting and filed by NCC officers.
If no officer took away copies, this needs reviewing, as the information contained within these reports is esseential for understanding the operatiion of Parking Enforcemnt across the County.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: REF NCC-027261-17
Thank you for your e-mail requesting a review of our decision to withhold information under the Freedom of Information Act.
I can confirm that a senior officer will review the paperwork in light of your comments.
We endeavour to complete reviews within 20 working days and, therefore, you should expect to receive a response by 17 January 2018.
Yours sincerely
Denise Makar
Senior Practitioner
Complaints and Information Team
0115 9772788
my working pattern is Monday-Thursday
Dear FOI,
Can you please remind Denise Maker that I have not received any further response to my request for further information and review?
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST
I write further to your request for a review of your FOI request. You were
concerned that the Council did not hold the separate update prepared by
NSL and referred to in the minutes of the 22nd July 2016 Nottinghamshire
Parking Partnership Board. You find it surprising that no Council officer
took away a copy of the notes.
I have conducted the review of the handling of your request, and made
further enquiries of the Enforcement Manager. I can confirm that the
Council does not hold this information (the NSL update). The update
contained detail on staffing numbers issue rates, health and safety
incidents, sickness etc. This detail would not need to be formally
recorded, or taken away by the Enforcement Manager, as if he needed any
aspect of it in the future he could ask NSL for that detail. The Council
accepts that the minute taking here is not helpful, and in future the
minutes will reflect that NSL gave an update about company issues.
If you are dissatisfied with this decision you may request the
Information Commissioner to consider this further. The contact details
are:
Information Commissioner's Office
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Telephone: 01625 545 700
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Yours sincerely,
Jo Kirkby
Team Manager – Complaints and Information Team
Resources Department
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Dear Jo Kirkby,
Can you pleae let me know the schedule of the meetings over the past two years and the next two years [or as many are now diaried within that time]? I look forward to the more detailed minuting of the meetings, as you agreed should now take place, and hope that these can be published, in draft form, soon after the meeting rather than months afterwards, after ratification at a future meeting, that somethimes has not even been scheduled.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Jo Kirkby,
Have you any further details on this enquiry, please?
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
We don't have any further update on this enquiry, should you remained dissatisfied with this response, I can only refer you to contact the Information Commissioner as advised by Jo Kirkby.
Yours Sincerely
Kush Sharma
Business Support Administrator
Complaints and Information Team
Chief Executive’s Department
Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall, NG2 7QP
Tel: 0115 9772788
Dear Kush Sharma
I was requesting the schedule of the meetings over the past two years and the next two years [or as many are now diaried within that time]?
This data has not been supplied - can you effect this please?
I look forward to the more detailed minuting of the meetings, as you agreed should now take place, and hope that these can be published, in draft form, soon after the meeting rather than months afterwards, but as you can see I am not clear what meetings have taken place or are scheduled for the future.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
Please could you clarify if you would like to submit a new FOI request? Or is the information you are requesting related to your previous FOI request?
If this is a new FOI request could you please advise which service area / category are you referring to regarding the schedule of meetings over the past two years? Is there a date range you could specify?
Yours Sincerely
Kush Sharma
Business Support Administrator
Complaints and Information Team
Dear Kush
This relates back to the original request on the Notts Parking Partnership Board meetings
'please let me know the schedule of the meetings over the past two years and the next two years [or as many are now diaried within that time]? I look forward to the more detailed minuting of the meetings, as you agreed should now take place, and hope that these can be published, in draft form, soon after the meeting rather than months afterwards, after ratification at a future meeting, that somethimes has not even been scheduled.'
I regret that this request for information has not been responded to.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
Your email has been forwarded to me to look into. I apologise that your request for information was not followed up, I have actioned this and asked the Civil Parking Enforcement Team to provide the information as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely
Denise Makar
Senior Practitioner
Complaints and Information Team
0115 9772044
Dear Mr Harris
Following my email below I can confirm that the previous meeting dates were 14-12-17 and before that March 21 2017 which I understand you have received the minutes for. A further meeting was held on 20 April 18 (minutes are still in draft format).
The Council have a Notts Board meeting scheduled for 30th November. Currently the Council have no dates scheduled for 2019 but recently we have been having 2 meetings a year.
I hope this helps, please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
Yours sincerely
Denise Makar
Senior Practitioner
Complaints and Information Team
0115 9772788
Dear FOI,
Thank you for your previous reply. Do you have any dates for 2019 and the minutes of the last meeting, please?
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
Thank you for your email. I can confirm that April 2018 minutes were approved at the November 2018 meeting and attached for your information. Novembers minutes will not be available until the next meeting though and there currently has been no date set as yet, however, they are normally March/April and November/December.
I hope this information is useful.
Yours sincerely
Denise Makar
Senior Practitioner
Complaints and Information Team
0115 9772044
Dear Denise Makar,
You said earlier that November 2018's minutes will not be available until the next meeting and 'there currently has been no date set as yet, however, they are normally March/April and November/December'. Could you please advise me of the dates of meetings subsequent to November 2018, and provide me the minutes of any of those meetings and the dates of the next two meetings, after Sept 30 2019?
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
I do not work on Fridays. Please redirect your e-mail enquiry to
[email address] or contact the Complaints & Information Team on
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Dear Peter Harris,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (Ref : NCC-041017-19)
Thank you for your request for information relating to a copy of minutes . Your request was received on 31st October 2019, and we are dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You will receive the information you have requested within 20 working days beginning the day following receipt of your request, unless the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason for it to be withheld. Therefore, you should receive a response by 2nd December 2019.
In some circumstances a fee may be payable to cover the cost of copying and postage and if that is the case we will let you know before we proceed with your request.
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Act Team
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Nottinghamshire County Council
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Dear Mr Harris
I am writing to you in reply to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request to Nottinghamshire County Council. I have the following
information.
I can confirm that there have been no Notts Parking Partnership Board
meetings since November 2018, so the draft minutes have not yet been
ratified. It is hoped a meeting will be held in the next few months.
If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
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 the Team Manager, Complaints and Information Team,
County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7QP or e-mail
[Nottinghamshire County Council request email].
Yours sincerely
John Allison
Information Officer
Chief Executive’s Department
Nottinghamshire County Council
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Dear FOI,
Can you let me know the date of the next meeting of the Board please?
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
Thank you for your e-mail below. Would you please address enquiries about the future scheduling of meetings and administration of the Notts Parking Partnership Board to the Chair: Gareth Johnson, [email address]
Yours sincerely
John Allison
Information Officer
Chief Executive’s Department
Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7QP
Telephone: 0115 977 2788
Dear FOI,
I do not have the email address for the Notts Parking Partnership Board to the Chair: Gareth Johnson, so please forward my request to him, and let me know which Council he is located.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Gareth
Please see below.
Regards
John Allison
Information Officer
Chief Executive’s Department
Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7QP
Telephone: 0115 977 2788
Dear John,
I do not appear to have received the information to get in touch with the officer concerned. Can he let me know how to get in touch with him. My email address [as I suspect this will be redacted by this webmail reply] is to be found at the Newark and Sherwood District Council or the Southwell Town Council site, or directly at my southwellfocus dot gmail address
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear FOI,
Thank you. I have written to the officer concerned, copying you in, and am hoping to have a response shortly.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear FOI,
Can you please effect this request, as the accounts from the Board need to have been published by now and so there should, surely, have been a report of the accounts at the Board. If not, please send me a copy of the accounts for 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (Ref : NCC-047456-20)
Thank you for your request for information relating to the accounts from the NCC Board. Your request was received on 06 November 2020, and we are dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
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We will try to respond to information requests and where possible within time frames (within 20 working days beginning the day following receipt of your request). However, the Council needs to prioritise its staff and resources on the delivery of key services, this means that some responses may be delayed. The Information Commissioner recognises this, and has given guidance on the website
For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.
You should receive a response to your Freedom of Information Request by 7th December, 2020.
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Dear FOI,
Would you please publish here the results of this enquiry, please?
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear requester,
Further to your below query, all our responses are published on our disclosure log - link will be provided in our responses, or can be find easily on our website.
Regards
Alison Fletcher
Dear Alison Fletcher,
I have searched the log as suggested but cannot find the answers tot he inquiry either in 'Parking Enforcement' or 'Highways' sections. There does not appear to be an alternative search facility. Can you please point me to the relevant section/answers please?
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Requester,
My response below was in relation to your question about publications and not in response to the request. Once your request has been answered by the relevant officer this will then be published on our disclosure log and as stated below you will be provided with a link to the DL in the response.
Kind Regards
Alison Fletcher
Dear Alison Fletcher,
Thank you - but can I remind you that this information was supposed to have been supplied by yesterday [cf your earlier reply Nov 6 2020] but it has not yet been delivered?
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Requester,
I shall pass on your concern to the relevant officer and apologise sincerely for the delay on behalf of the Authority.
Regards
Alison Fletcher
Dear Alison Fletcher,
Thank you for this prompt response. However, I am afraid that this is not the first time that officers responsible for the Parking Enforcement Board response[s] has taken some time to provide information in a timely way - this was raised on Oct 17 2017 ibid. It is beginning to look like a systemic failure.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
Thank you for your request for information about the Nottinghamshire
Parking Partnership and the report of the annual accounts for 2017-2018,
2018-2019, and 2019-2020
I realise that this response is now being provided outside of the
statutory timescale for provision of information requested under the
Freedom of Information Act, and I apologise for this. I hope that the
information remains relevant to you and that the delay has not caused you
any difficulties.
I am advised that there has not been a meeting since November 2018. There
was due to be a Board Meeting this year but due to the pressures bought
about by the Council’s response to the COVID situation, this has not
happened. I am also advised that the accounts are not formally signed
off at the Board meetings, they are a discussion forum for operational
issues rather than a formal audit process.
Please find attached The Notts Parking Partnership combined accounts for
the three years as requested.
I hope that you find this information to be helpful, however if you are
unhappy with the way in which your request has been handled, then please
email us at [Nottinghamshire County Council request email] quoting the reference NCC-047456-20 and we
will be happy to review your request
With kind regards
Rachel Edge
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Dear Nottinghamshire County Council,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Nottinghamshire County Council's handling of my FOI requests 'CPU update separate notes referred to in the Notts Parking Partnership Board meeting 22nd July 2016'.
There was a systemic failure to reply promptly and fully to my requests and I am asking for this review to ensure that your officers associated with the Notts Parking Partnership Board act fully in compliance with the law. I am also requesting, that I still have not had, the details of the last meeting of the Board that appears to have been many months ago and information of the next and future meeting dates.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...
Yours faithfully,
Peter Harris
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Dear Mr Harris
Thank you for your email requesting a review into the delays surrounding your FOI requests made to the Council for information held by our Central Processing Unit.
You also state, that you still have not had, the details of the last meeting of the Board that appears to have been many months ago and information of the next and future meeting dates. However, I can see from the Councils recent response that there has not been a meeting since November 2018. Please can you confirm that it is the minutes from this meeting you require or April 2018 minutes? as I cannot seem to locate your FOI requesting, asking for this information.
I can see that on 19 November 2018 I emailed you and stated further meeting was held on 20 April 18 (minutes are still in draft format). The Council have a Notts Board meeting scheduled for 30th November. Currently the Council have no dates scheduled for 2019 but recently we have been having 2 meetings a year.
Thank you and kind regards
Denise Makar
Senior Complaints Practitioner
Complaints and Information Team
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Dear FOI,
Thank you but your reply does not make sense. You wrote it on Dec 17 but say that a meeting is scheduled for the end of Nov. Is this 2021? I have sought the minutes of the last two meetings. The Board appears to have signed off its accounts - so there must have been meetings to do so. Can you please let me have a full list of the meetings that have taken place so that the minutes of the meetings can be requested and seen?
Can your review also uncover why material has taken so long to emerge, as there appears to be some difficulty in getting this information into the public domain.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
It would be helpful if you could contact me so that I can discuss and seek
clarification regarding your Freedom of Information Request review. I
don’t appear to have a telephone number for you.
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Dear FOI,
As this FoI is important and may well be quoted in a report I would like all of the discussion to be in the public domain, so would appreciate you replying via this site rather than by phone so that there is full disclosure, please.
Thank you
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Mr Harris
I am writing in response to your request for a review of your Freedom of
Information request. Your FOI request of 5 November 2020 asked for:
Can you please effect this request, as the accounts from the Board need to
have been published by now and so there should, surely, have been a report
of the accounts at the Board. If not, please send me a copy of the
accounts for 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020.
The Council responded on 8 December 2020 stating: I am advised that
there has not been a meeting since November 2018. There was due to be a
Board Meeting this year but due to the pressures bought about by the
Council’s response to the COVID situation, this has not happened. I am
also advised that the accounts are not formally signed off at the Board
meetings, they are a discussion forum for operational issues rather than a
formal audit process. Please find attached The Notts Parking Partnership
combined accounts for the three years as requested.
On 12 December 2020, you asked for an internal review of Nottinghamshire
County Council's handling of my FOI requests 'CPU update separate notes
referred to in the Notts Parking Partnership Board meeting 22nd July
2016'. You stated that there was a systemic failure to reply promptly and
fully to my requests and I am asking for this review to ensure that your
officers associated with the Notts Parking Partnership Board act fully in
compliance with the law. I am also requesting, that I still have not had,
the details of the last meeting of the Board that appears to have been
many months ago and information of the next and future meeting dates.
We had email communication on 17 December 2020 as I was seeking
clarification regarding what information you required reviewing as your
comment regarding Nottinghamshire County Council's handling of my FOI
requests 'CPU update separate notes referred to in the Notts Parking
Partnership Board meeting 22nd July 2016', was unclear and I required
confirmation as to what minutes were outstanding. You confirmed, I have
sought the minutes of the last two meetings. The Board appears to have
signed off its accounts - so there must have been meetings to do so. Can
you please let me have a full list of the meetings that have taken place
so that the minutes of the meetings can be requested and seen? Again, you
asked, Can your review also uncover why material has taken so long to
emerge, as there appears to be some difficulty in getting this information
into the public domain.
I can confirm that here has not been a meeting since November 2018. There
was due to be a Board Meeting in 2020 but due to the pressures bought
about by the Council’s response to the COVID situation, this did not
happen.
Below are the dates of our previous Boards:
21.03.2017
14.12.2017
20.04.2018
20.11.2018
26.04.19 cancelled
The meeting of 26.04.2019 was a shareholders meeting for all partners
across all three Counties that use CPU for processing. The Board does not
and never has had a formal approving of our accounts, these are done by
our accountants at year end and then the final costs are disseminated to
the partners . It has been discussed at the Board but there is not a
formal process, basically it is only a ‘talking shop’ between the
enforcing authorities that discusses relatively minor issues of local
enforcement, contractual issues and back office performance. Leaving aside
the pandemic, these days we do it rather differently as there are not the
same number of creases to iron out after nearly 13 years operating, so
most discussions are done by either email or phone calls. There is nothing
in our S101 Agreement that dictates how often the Board should meet, it is
literally up to the Board when this happens and we are very much in a
phase of ‘as and when necessary’ now.
Before responding to your review I asked if it would be possible to do
discuss this with you to ensure that I had a full understanding of the
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Denise Makar
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Dear Denise
Thank you. I will try to call you on 0115 977 2788 late this week to discuss how I would suggest how NCC disclose the information Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Dear Denise,
I have tried to call on the number given, but have not been able to speak. Can you please update me on the status of the Parking Enforcement Board. Does it still exist and if so who is the Chair? What is the date for the next meeting, please?
If not, can you please let me know which group oversees the Parking Enforcement issues between the NCC and the District and Borough Councils et al. and the enforcement company.
What was the distribution of receipts/costs over the last three years, please?
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
Good afternoon Mr Harris
Apologies for the delay in responding, in answer to you specific questions;
1. Can you please update me on the status of the Parking Enforcement Board. Does it still exist and if so who is the Chair?
Yes it exists; the chair is Gareth Johnson (NCC Traffic Manager) although at the next meeting, that is likely to change.
2. What is the date for the next meeting, please?
There are no meetings scheduled yet in 2021. In the current circumstances these meetings are not regarded as a high priority.
3. What was the distribution of receipts/costs over the last three years, please?
This unfortunately will require more detail for us to answer. Information on the geographical areas and specifically which costs/income would assist in extracting the relevant data? I understand as part of your previous FOI requests you were provided with the profit and loss accounts up until 19/20, I am not sure if this is what you are referring to here, if not, please could you be more specific as to what you require.
Kind regards
Denise Makar
Senior Practitioner
Complaints and Information Team
0115 9772044
Dear Denise,
Thank you - that is very helpful. I would be grateful if you or the Chair or his officers would let me know when the Chair calls a meeting.
The finances from the profit and loss accounts up until 19/20 were clear, and it is understood that the distribution of profit to the BC/DCs was as shown. When the figures for 2020/2021 are finalised I would be grateful if these are posted here too.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Harris
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