Penalty charge notices

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Dear Harrow Borough Council,

1. How many penalty charge notices (any motor vehicle related only i.e. parking, speed camera or traffic violation) were appealed and successfully upheld in a) 2009 and b) 1 Jan 2010 to 1 June 2010?

2. What were the top 3 common reasons cited for upholding an appeal resulting in the penalty being waived?

3. Are traffic enforcement personnel incentivised to issue penalty notices and if so, how much does each earn as a commission or bonus for issuing each ticket?

Yours faithfully,

Danish Ahmad

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>>> Danish Ahmad <[FOI #39009 email]> 21/06/2010
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Dear Harrow Borough Council,

1. How many penalty charge notices (any motor vehicle related only
i.e. parking, speed camera or traffic violation) were appealed and
successfully upheld in a) 2009 and b) 1 Jan 2010 to 1 June 2010?

2. What were the top 3 common reasons cited for upholding an appeal
resulting in the penalty being waived?

3. Are traffic enforcement personnel incentivised to issue penalty
notices and if so, how much does each earn as a commission or bonus
for issuing each ticket?

Yours faithfully,

Danish Ahmad

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Carlie Hurley,

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Dear Mr Ahmed,

Please find attached reply to you FOI request.

Kind regards
Carlie

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Dear Carlie Hurley,

In relation to the question - What were the top 3 common reasons cited for upholding an appeal resulting in the penalty being waived? " which you would not address, please answer the following revised question.

In what specific circumstances can an appeal be granted such that a penalty notice can be waived on the grounds of compassion or otherwise?

Yours sincerely,

Danish Ahmad

Carlie Hurley,

Dear Mr Ahmed,

Please find below reply to your information request highlighted in bold.

In what specific circumstances can an appeal be granted such that a
penalty notice can be waived on the grounds of compassion or otherwise?
Appeals can only be made on the grounds of appeal that apply to your
particular type of contravention. Details of these grounds can be found on
the Notice of Appeal or by contacting the Parking and Traffic Appeals
Service (website address [1]http://www.parkingandtrafficappeals.gov....)

The Adjudicator can only allow an appeal if one of the specified grounds
is made. The Adjudicator is not able to allow an appeal or reduce the
penalty because the registered keeper feels that the circumstances were an
excuse for the contravention.
Most regulations contain specific exemptions. If you think your case might
fall into one of the exempted categories, you should appeal; the
Adjudicator will explain if it cannot be allowed.
As each case is based upon it's individual merits, i am unable to provide
a list of specific circumstances that a case will be waived on
compassionate grounds or otherwise.

Kind regards

Miss Carlie Hurley

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From: Danish Ahmad <[FOI #39009 email]>
To: Carlie Hurley <[email address]>
Date: 27/07/2010 15:20
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Penalty charge notices - REF
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Dear Carlie Hurley,

In relation to the question - What were the top 3 common reasons
cited for upholding an appeal resulting in the penalty being
waived? " which you would not address, please answer the following
revised question.

In what specific circumstances can an appeal be granted such that a
penalty notice can be waived on the grounds of compassion or
otherwise?

Yours sincerely,

Danish Ahmad

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Dear Carlie Hurley,

I dont believe your response is acceptable that there are too many to list as these are specific circumstances.

An element of categorisation of appeals granted will have been recorded and it is this that I am after.

Yours sincerely,

Danish Ahmad

Dear Harrow Borough Council,

Could I please have an update on this matter.

Thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Danish Ahmad

Carlie Hurley,

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Dear Mr Ahmed,

Please find attached reply to your recent Information request.

Regards
Parking Enforcement

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