Use of Fixed Penalty Notices to reduce Pigeon numbers.

The request was successful.

Dear Manchester City Council,

I am writing to request details regarding Fixed Penalty Notices within the City Centre and how these have been used to reduce the number of Pigeons following from several media reports claiming that some of the FPNs are to reduce Pigeon numbers.

Can you please tell me for the invodiual years 2019, 2020 and to date for 2021;

1. The company/s contracted to issue FPNs for "Littering" on behalf of Manchester City Council
2. The cost to Manchester City Council for the contract to issue FPNs.
3. The number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued for littering
4. How much Manchester City Council has gained in profits from FPNs for littering.
5. The Days and Times of the week the Enforcement agents are contracted to Patrol the City Centre.
6. Please show any data showing that the use of Fixed Penalty notices have reduced Pigeon number within the City Centre.
7. Aside from FPNs what other actions have Manchester City Council taken to reduce Pigeon Numbers within the City Centre. (I.e instilation of Pigeon Spikes, culling, use of birds of prey etc).
7.1. The dates that any of the above tactics were used (Eg the dates from/to any culling took place etc)
8. How much Manchester City Council has spent on reducing Pigeon numbers aside from FPNs.
9. The estimated cost of any damage caused by Pigeons.

Yours faithfully,

James Boden

foi@manchester.gov.uk, Manchester City Council

We acknowledge receipt of your request to Manchester City Council,
concerning:

Use of Fixed Penalty Notices to reduce Pigeon numbers.

If your request comes under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or
the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR), we will aim to
respond as promptly as we can and by no later than 20 working days.
Sometimes an extension to that timescale will apply and we will let you
know if that is the case.

If some or all of your request needs to be considered under processes
other than those provided by FOIA or EIR, different timescales may apply.
In particular, any part of your request that concerns your own personal
information will be considered in line with your rights under data
protection legislation (including the right of access) and we will aim to
provide you with a response in respect of that part of your request
without undue delay and by no later than one calendar month, unless an
extension to that timescale applies (we will let you know if that is the
case).

 

The reference number for your request is FOI/5914.

 

Should you have any further inquiries concerning your request, please
reply to this email leaving the subject line unchanged.

Yours sincerely
Manchester City Council

Your personal data is very important to us. Please refer to our privacy
notice at [1]www.manchester.gov.uk/privacy for further information.

References

Visible links
1. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/privacy

foi@manchester.gov.uk, Manchester City Council

Date: 11/11/2021

 

Dear Mr Bowden

 

Re: Request for Information –Use of Fixed Penalty Notices to reduce pigeon
numbers – Reference Number: FOI/5914

 

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 18 October 2021 and has been considered under
the provisions of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (“the
EIR”).

 

Your request and the Council's response is detailed below:

 

1. The company/s contracted to issue FPNs for "Littering" on behalf of
Manchester City Council

 

3GS (UK) Ltd

2. The cost to Manchester City Council for the contract to issue FPNs.

 

Nil – the contractual arrangement is such that there are no direct costs
to Manchester City Council.

 

3. The number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued for littering

 

2019 – 17,140

2020 – 11,611

2021 (to date) – 7,943

 

4. How much Manchester City Council has gained in profits from FPNs for
littering.

 

The total amounts paid for littering Fixed Penalty Notices for the
requested periods was as follows -

2019 - £938,965

2020 - £735,050

2021 (to date) - £549,950

 

5. The Days and Times of the week the Enforcement agents are contracted to
Patrol the City Centre.

 

7 days a week Monday to Sunday between the hours of 07.30 - 19.30

 

6. Please show any data showing that the use of Fixed Penalty notices have
reduced Pigeon number within the City Centre.

 

Manchester City Council does not hold this requested information.

 

7. Aside from FPNs what other actions have Manchester City Council taken
to reduce Pigeon Numbers within the City Centre. (I.e instilation of
Pigeon Spikes, culling, use of birds of prey etc).

 

 

No further action has been taken by the Council.

 

 

7.1. The dates that any of the above tactics were used (Eg the dates
from/to any culling took place etc)

 

n/a

 

8. How much Manchester City Council has spent on reducing Pigeon numbers
aside from FPNs.

 

None.

 

9. The estimated cost of any damage caused by Pigeons.

 

Manchester City Council does not hold this requested information.

 

 

Information about the re-use of council information is available
at [1]https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/info/10...
If you wish to re-use this information, please follow the application
process described.  Your request will be considered in accordance with the
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.

 

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an
internal review. If you have received this response by email the best way
to submit a request for internal review is to respond directly to the
email, leaving the email's subject line unchanged. Alternatively, you can
contact the Council's Information Compliance Team
at [2][email address] or Democratic Services Legal Team, PO Box 532,
Town Hall, Manchester, M60 2LA. A copy of the Council’s information rights
complaints procedure can be downloaded
from: [3]http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d....
If you do not have internet access and require a paper copy, please let me
know. 

 

If you are not happy with the outcome of the internal review process once
it is completed, you have the right to apply directly to the Information
Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Fax: 01625 524510

Email: [4][email address]

[5]www.ico.org.uk

 

The Information Commissioner will generally expect that you have exhausted
the Council’s Information Complaints Procedure before she will consider a
complaint.

 

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications. If you have received this response by email, please leave
the email's subject line unchanged when responding to it. 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Cieran Cassidy

Legal Officer

 

References

Visible links
1. https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/info/10...
2. mailto:[email address]
3. http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d...
4. mailto:[email address]
5. http://www.ico.org.uk/