Numbers of parking charge notification handed out to taxi's within the city

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Dear Sheffield City Council,
Can you please provide evidence regarding parking charge notification handed out to taxi's within the city. The information will go towards a case of institutional racism within the council.

Yours faithfully,

Mr John Crompton

FOI, Sheffield City Council

 
Re – Freedom of Information Request – Reference – FOI /701
 
Dear Mr John Crompton
 
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to parking
charge notification - taxis which we received on 04/08/2017.
 
This has been logged as a Freedom of Information Request, and will be
dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act.  The reference number for
your request can be found above.
 
The Freedom of Information Act states that we must respond to you within
20 working days, therefore, you should expect to hear a response from us
by 04/09/2017.
 
In the meantime, if you have any queries please contact us on the number
below.
 
Thank you.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Resources Business Support
Moorfoot Level 8 West Wing
Sheffield S1 4PL
Tel : 0114 20 53478
E-mail : [1][Sheffield City Council request email]
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From: John Crompton [[2]mailto:[FOI #423194 email]]
Sent: 04 August 2017 13:55
To: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Numbers of parking charge
notification handed out to taxi's within the city
 
Dear Sheffield City Council,
Can you please provide evidence regarding parking charge notification
handed out to taxi's within the city. The information will go towards a
case of institutional  racism within the council.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Mr John Crompton
 
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FOI, Sheffield City Council

Re – Freedom of Information Request – Reference – FOI /701
 
Dear Mr John Crompton
 
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to parking
charge notification - taxis which we received on 04/08/2017.
 
Please find below, Sheffield City Council’s response to your request:
 
We issued around 52,000 parking PCNs last year. It is not possible to
filter which of these were issue to taxis as this is not a separate filed
on the system. Photographs of the vehicle parked in contravention may show
if the vehicle was a taxi (for instance if the licence plate was caught in
the shot) but not always.  To provide this information would take over the
18 hours we are obliged to spend collating information to respond to a
Freedom of Information request as it involve a manual trawl of each of the
PCN records to verify if we can ascertain if it related to a taxi or not
(i.e. we could see from the image).  For this reason, for the information
we would hold, is it exempt under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information
Act – Exemption where cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit.
 
I hope the information we have provided is of help to your enquiries.  If
you have any queries about this response, please do not hesitate to
contact us.
 
If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your
request, you are entitled to have this reviewed.  You can ask for an
internal review by either writing to the above address or by emailing
[1][Sheffield City Council request email].
 
If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of your internal review, you
can contact the Information Commissioners Office. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, telephone 0303 123
1113, or for further details see their website [2]www.ico.org.uk
 
Kind Regards,
 
Resources Business Support
Moorfoot Level 8 West Wing
Sheffield S1 4PL
Tel : 0114 20 53478
E-mail : [3]FOI @sheffield.gov.uk
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Dear Sheffield City Council,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Sheffield City Council's handling of my FOI request 'Numbers of parking charge notification handed out to taxis within the city'.

When you seek vehicle information from DVLA for address you must be aware weather or not the vehicle is a licenced taxi.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/n...

Yours faithfully,

John Crompton

FOI, Sheffield City Council

Dear John Crompton,
 
Thank you for your response which we received on 16/08/2017 relating to
information we sent you regarding parking charge notification - taxis. We
are sorry to hear our response was not quite what you wanted.
 
I am writing to advise that we are treating this as an internal review. 
This has now been logged and will be carried out by a member of the team.
 
We will endeavour to provide a response within 20 working days, in this
case, by 14/09/2017.
 
In the meantime, if you have any queries please contact the team on 0114
20 53478.
 
Thank you.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Resources Business Support
Moorfoot Level 8 West Wing
Sheffield S1 4PL
Tel : 0114 20 53478
E-mail : FOI @sheffield.gov.uk
P Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
 
 
 
 
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From: John Crompton [[1]mailto:[FOI #423194 email]]
Sent: 16 August 2017 20:45
To: FOI
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Numbers of
parking charge notification handed out to taxi's within the city
 
 
Dear Sheffield City Council,
 
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.
 
I am writing to request an internal review of Sheffield City Council's
handling of my FOI request 'Numbers of parking charge notification handed
out to taxis within the city'.
 
When you seek vehicle information from DVLA for address you must be aware
weather or not the vehicle is a licenced taxi.
 
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[2]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/n...
 
Yours faithfully,
 
John Crompton
 
 
 
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From: Mccready Holly (CEX) On Behalf Of FOI
Sent: 11 August 2017 13:53
To: '[FOI #423194 email]'
Subject: Response – Freedom of Information Request – Reference – FOI /701
 
 
Re – Freedom of Information Request – Reference – FOI /701
 
Dear Mr John Crompton
 
Thank you for your recent request for information relating to parking
charge notification - taxis which we received on 04/08/2017.
 
Please find below, Sheffield City Council’s response to your request:
 
We issued around 52,000 parking PCNs last year. It is not possible to
filter which of these were issue to taxis as this is not a separate filed
on the system. Photographs of the vehicle parked in contravention may show
if the vehicle was a taxi (for instance if the licence plate was caught in
the shot) but not always.  To provide this information would take over the
18 hours we are obliged to spend collating information to respond to a
Freedom of Information request as it involve a manual trawl of each of the
PCN records to verify if we can ascertain if it related to a taxi or not
(i.e. we could see from the image).  For this reason, for the information
we would hold, is it exempt under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information
Act – Exemption where cost of compliance exceeds appropriate limit.
 
I hope the information we have provided is of help to your enquiries.  If
you have any queries about this response, please do not hesitate to
contact us.
 
If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your
request, you are entitled to have this reviewed.  You can ask for an
internal review by either writing to the above address or by emailing
[6][Sheffield City Council request email].
 
If you remain dissatisfied with the outcome of your internal review, you
can contact the Information Commissioners Office. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, telephone 0303 123
1113, or for further details see their website [7]www.ico.org.uk
 
Kind Regards,
 
Resources Business Support
Moorfoot Level 8 West Wing
Sheffield S1 4PL
Tel : 0114 20 53478
E-mail : [8]FOI @sheffield.gov.uk
? Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to
 
 
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FOI, Sheffield City Council

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Dear Mr Compton,
 
Please find attached a copy of my internal review of your Freedom of
Information request. Please accept my apologies for the protracted delay
in response to this review, as noted in the response we have unfortunately
been significantly delayed in providing internal review responses.
 
Kind regards
 
Mark
 
Mark Knight
Information Management Officer
Business Change and Information Solutions (BCIS)
Resources Portfolio, Sheffield City Council
Email: [1][email address]
Postal Address: Sheffield City Council,  PO Box 1283, Sheffield S1 1UJ
 
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From: John Crompton [[2]mailto:[FOI #423194 email]]
Sent: 16 August 2017 20:45
To: FOI
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Numbers of
parking charge notification handed out to taxi's within the city
 
Dear Sheffield City Council,
 
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information
reviews.
 
I am writing to request an internal review of Sheffield City Council's
handling of my FOI request 'Numbers of parking charge notification handed
out to taxis within the city'.
 
When you seek vehicle information from DVLA for address you must be aware
weather or not the vehicle is a licenced taxi.
 
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on
the Internet at this address:
[3]https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/n...
 
Yours faithfully,
 
John Crompton
 
 
 
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latest advice from the ICO:
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