Enforcement Agency Services
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 Revenue 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 (Road Traffic)
• 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
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Please find the attached response letter.
Kind Regards,
Eden Swarbrick
Information Governance Team
Governance and Partnerships | Blackpool Council |Number One| Bickerstaffe Square |Talbot Road |Blackpool |FY1 3AH
Post to: Blackpool Council | PO Box 4 | Blackpool | FY1 1NA
T: 01253 477477
E: [Blackpool Council request email]
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