Second Freedom of Information Request

What have been the costs and total income for Civil Parking Enforcement in Powys?

This is the second Freedom of Information Request we have forwarded to Powys County Council. We believe it is vital that we received an answer to this, and our first FOI application 'within the statutory timescale of twenty days' so that the information is available to Powys voters in time for the local elections on May 3rd.

Andrea Hughson
Information Management
Unit 29
Ddole Road Enterprise Park
Llandrindod Wells
Powys
LD1 6DF

23rd March 2012


Dear Ms Hughson

Further to my recent Freedom of Information request for details of total costs for Powys County Council of adopting Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) powers prior to and after April 1st 2011, I list below a number of questions concerning the costs associated with, and income derived from the first year of Powys County Council running Civil Parking Enforcement.

As the information requested is quite detailed and relates to the period from April 1st 2011 to March 31st 2012, I thought it appropriate to write before the end of the month in order to provide you with the maximum of time to access the requested data.

I believe provision of this information is essential if constituents and the wider public will have the opportunity to judge how cost-effective has been the council’s adoption of CPE.

I understand that the information required is extensive but again hope I am able to receive a full response within the statutory twenty day period.

Regards

Campaign for a Realistic Approach to Parking



Costs and Income derived from Powys County Council’s running of Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) for the period April 1st 2011 to March 31st 2012.

COSTS:

Please provide total costs for the categories Nos. 1– 4 listed below, for the period including:

Legal and establishment costs;
Printing, stationery and publicity;
Staff recruitment, training and uniforms;
Total gross staff salaries and wages including legal, management and support staff including overtime; NICS and pension contributions (or proportion of attributable cost/s)
Equipment and vehicles, fuel and travel;
Mobile telephone provision and usage;
Any payments made to Wales Penalty Processing Partnership (WPPP);
New and replacement Pay and Display Ticket Issuing machines together with repair and maintenance costs (when appropriate);
Running of Pay and Display and other designated Car Parks. (when appropriate)
Plus any and all other costs and expenses associated with or pertaining to the Council’s adoption of CPE powers.

1. Pay and Display and other designated Car Parks.

2. On-Street Civil Parking Enforcement.

3. Issue of Powys County Council Parking Permits; Residents’ Parking Permits; Dispensation Certificates etc.

4. All and any other costs associated with Powys County Council’s running of Civil parking Enforcement during the period April 1st 2011 to March 31st 2012

Including court, legal and administration costs and any or all other costs associated with seeking payment of PCNs issued.

INCOME

Please provide answers to questions Nos. 5 – 16 below, answers defined for the period to include county totals and breakdowns listed by centres below:

a. Hay-on-Wye;
b. Brecon;
c. Builth Wells;
d. Llandrindod Wells;
e. Crickhowell;
f. Rhayadar;
g. Talgarth;
h. Clyro

5. Please provide details of total number and value of off-street PCNs issued for the period

6. Please provide details of total number and value of on-street PCNs issued for the period

7. Please provide details of total number and value of PCNs issued during the period paid within 14 days

8. Please provide details of total numbers and value of PCNs issued during the period that have been paid after 14 days

9. Please provide details of total numbers and value of PCNs issued during the period and not the subject of an appeal or appeals where payment is currently outstanding

10. Please provide details of total numbers and value of PCNs issued during the period that were or are the subject of appeal

11. Please provide details of total numbers and value of PCNs issued during the period that were the subject of an appeal and where the appeal was successful

12. Please provide details of total numbers and value of PCNs issued during the period that at 31st March 2012 are the subject of an appeal but a decision has not yet been made

13. Please provide details of income received from Wales Penalty Processing Partnership (WPPP).

Plus any envisaged income not yet received based on number of PCNs issued.

14. Please provide details of gross revenue derived from Daily Charge and Pay and Display Car Parks

Including cash collected but excluding revenue from Powys County Council Parking Permits, Dispensation Certificates etc.

15. Please provide details of gross revenue derived from sale of Powys County Council Parking Permits, Residents’ Parking Permits and any Dispensation Certificates.

Broken down by length and value of permit issued

16. CEO apportioned time

Please provide a breakdown of total CEO man hours worked

Broken down as county total and broken down into hours worked in centres as outlined above.