Fixed Penalty Notice Statistics

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Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,

Could you provide the statistics (listed 1-9) below for all Fixed Penalty Notices issued for the below offences (listed 10-22)? Could you provide these statistics for the financial years of 2015/16, 2016/17 & 2017/18? Could the stats be provided in an excel table format?

FPN Statistical breakdown

1. FPNs Issued
2. FPNs paid
3. Revenue collected
4. FPNs cancelled
5. FPNs prosecuted
6. Prosecution result (guilty)
7. Prosecution result (not guilty)
8. Complaints received
9. Complaints upheld

FPN Offence categories

10. Littering
11. Dog fouling
12. Smoking in prohibited places
13. Public Space Protection Orders (could you break the stats down into each order)
14. Community Protection Notices (could you break the stats down into each order)
15. Domestic Waste
16. Commercial Waste
17. Duty of Care Notices
18. Fly Tipping
19. Street Trading
20. Free Printed Lit
21. Abandoned Trolleys
22. Alley-Way Dumping

Could you also provide answers to the following questions please.

1. How many full-time officers council/contractor enforce the above-listed offences?

2. How many hours do these hours spend patrolling the borough per year (could you break this down into each offence category numbered 1-9 above)?

3. Can you confirm your council has the powers to enforce the above the legislation. If not, can you confirm which legislation the council has the power to enforce?

4. Can you confirm the name of each council department that has the power to enforce the above legislation?

5. Is the enforcement of the above Fixed Penalty Notices carried out by the council or a contractor?

6. If the answer to the above question is a contractor, could you answer the following questions

• Name of contractor
• Is the contract a pilot or procured contract
• Contract start date
• Contracts end date

7. If the answer to question 6 is a contractor, what is the total amount of invoices paid to the contractor for 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years? Broken down into the specified years?

Yours faithfully,

John Wright

Fois, Kingston upon Thames Borough Council

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Roy Douglas, Kingston upon Thames Borough Council

Dear Mr Wright

 

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

In response to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, it has now been considered and the information
requested enclosed.

 

Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,

 

Could you provide the statistics (listed 1-9) below for all Fixed Penalty
Notices issued for the

below offences (listed 10-22)? Could you provide these statistics for the
financial years of

2015/16, 2016/17 & 2017/18? Could the stats be provided in an excel table
format?

FPN Statistical breakdown

 

LITTERING

 

FPNs issued

15/16 2026

16/17 3602

17/18 3303

 

FPNs paid

15/16 1646

16/17 2720

17/18 2236

 

Revenue collected

15/16 £87020

16/17 £149030

17/18 £123370

 

FPNs cancelled

15/16 16

16/17 20

17/18 34

 

FPNs Prosecuted

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Prosecution results – guilty

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Prosecution results – not guilty

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

Complaints received

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 1

 

Complaints up held
15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

 

 

DOG FOULING

FPNs issued

15/16 one

16/17 one

17/18 nil

 

FPNs paid

15/16 one

16/17 one

17/18 nil

 

Revenue collected

15/16 £100

16/17 £100

17/18 nil

 

FPNs cancelled

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

FPNs Prosecuted

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Prosecution results – guilty

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Prosecution results – not guilty

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Complaints received

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Complaints up held
15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

 

1. FPNs Issued

2. FPNs paid

3. Revenue collected

4. FPNs cancelled

5. FPNs prosecuted

6. Prosecution result (guilty)

7. Prosecution result (not guilty)

8. Complaints received

9. Complaints upheld

 

 

DUTY OF CARE

 

FPNs issued

15/16 nil

16/17 one

17/18 one

 

FPNs paid

15/16 nil

16/17 one

17/18 one

 

Revenue collected

15/16 nil

16/17 £300

17/18 3300

 

FPNs cancelled

15/16 nil

16/17  nil

17/18  nil

 

FPNs Prosecuted

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Prosecution results – guilty

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Prosecution results – not guilty

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Complaints received

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Complaints up held
15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

 

FLY TIPPING

 

FPNs issued

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 3

 

FPNs paid

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 2

 

Revenue collected

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 £600

 

FPNs cancelled

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 1

 

FPNs Prosecuted

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Prosecution results – guilty

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Prosecution results – not guilty

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Complaints received

15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

Complaints up held
15/16 nil

16/17 nil

17/18 nil

 

There were no prosecution in the borough for any of the following offences
within the dates requested:

12. Smoking in prohibited places

13. Public Space Protection Orders (could you break the stats down into
each order)

14. Community Protection Notices (could you break the stats down into each
order)

15. Domestic Waste

16. Commercial Waste

19. Street Trading

20. Free Printed Lit

21. Abandoned Trolleys

22. Alley-Way Dumping

 

Could you also provide answers to the following questions please.

1. How many full-time officers council/contractor enforce the above-listed
offences? Kingston and Sutton Councils operate a Shared Service, four
officers undertake such enforcement across both boroughs

 

2. How many hours do these hours spend patrolling the borough per year
(could you

break this down into each offence category numbered 1-9 above)? No data is
held on the hours spent patrolling

 

3. Can you confirm your council has the powers to enforce the above the
legislation. If

not, can you confirm which legislation the council has the power to
enforce? Yes the Council does have powers to enforce the above legislation

 

4. Can you confirm the name of each council department that has the power
to enforce

the above legislation?  Regulatory Services

 

5. Is the enforcement of the above Fixed Penalty Notices carried out by
the council or a

contractor? Both council officers and a contractor undertake enforcement

 

6. If the answer to the above question is a contractor, could you answer
the following

questions

• Name of contractor = NSL

• Is the contract a pilot or procured contract = Contract

• Contract start date = 24^th July 2017

• Contracts end date = 23^rd July 2022

 

7. If the answer to question 6 is a contractor, what is the total amount
of invoices paid to

the contractor for 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years? Broken
down into the

specified years? This is a zero cost contract hence no invoices have been
paid to the contractor

 

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Yours sincerely,

Roy Douglas

Roy Douglas

Lead Officer Environmental Enforcement 

Kingston & Sutton Shared Environment Service

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