Enforcement Agency Services

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Dear FOI Team,

I would be most grateful if you would provide me, under the Freedom of Information Act, details in respect to the contracts below please.

The details required are:

Q1. Your current suppliers used to collect the following debts (please give names of all suppliers for each debt type):

• Parking Fines (PCNs)
• Council Tax
• Business Rates (NDR)

Q2. Number of cases issued to enforcement agents for each debt type, for the immediate past two financial years and year to date, e.g. 2021/22; 2022/23; 2023 Year to date:

• Parking Fines (PCNs)
• Council Tax
• Business Rates (NDR)

Q3. Enforcement/Debt Collection contract start and contract end date, and any contract extension dates for each of the following debt types:

• Parking Fines (PCNs)
• Council Tax
• Business Rates (NDR)

Q4. Are your Revenues and Benefits or Parking Services outsourced, and if they are, please state who is the supplier responsible for each or both service e.g. Capita, APCOA, Agilysis, Serco, Liberata etc.

• Parking (RTD)
• Revenues and Benefits

Q5. The name and/or job title of the Senior Office (outside of procurement) responsible for the above contract(s)?
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Thank you for any assistance you can give.
Yours faithfully
J. Carter

Data Protection, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

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Good morning

Can you please confirm your full name so this can be formally logged as an FOI.

Many thanks

Information Governance
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Dear Data Protection,
Good morning, yes of course, my full name is Mr Jason Carter.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,

J. Carter

Data Protection, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

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Data Protection, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear J Carter

Thank you for your email of the 1 December 2023  where you requested information about Enforcement Agency Services

The information you requested is enclosed

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