CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
Powys don’t know how much it cost them to take
over Civil Parking Enforcement
On 25th March we submitted two Freedom
of Information requests to Powys County Council Records and Compliance Department.
Request 1: F-2012-00218
What were the costs and income for the
period 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2012 derived from Pay
and Display and other designated Car Parks and second, from On-Street Civil
Parking Enforcement?
Request 2: F-2012-00219
What were the total costs of Powys County Council adopting
responsibility for Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) powers prior to and after
April 1st 2011?
We were notified that “The due date for responding to these
request for information is April
25, 2012”
On 26th April we
were told
I regret the delay you have experienced with this request. I
acknowledge that Powys
County Council has failed
in its obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, to provide you
with a response to your request within the statutory timescale of 20 working
days.
……… At this moment in time however I have been reassured
that I will be in a position to respond tomorrow.
On 27th April
we heard that
……. the information that satisfies your first request
F-2012-00218 is nearing completion and will be sent to me shortly. He has
advised though that he is struggling with the financial information to satisfy
your second request.
…….. I am confident that a response will be provided before
5pm.
At 5:30 that evening we received
……. the attached response to Request Reference F-2012-00218.
…… I regret we are unable to provide a response to
F-2012-00219 at this time, due to difficulties we are experiencing with the
financial information from the Council’s Finance Department.
I acknowledge that we have failed in our obligations to
provide you with the response to both your requests within the statutory
timescale ……..
Some of the information supplied in the
answer to that Freedom of Information request was included in our 27th
April blog Civil Parking Enforcement in Powys –
Costs, Fines and Income.
Later still we were told
I have been assured by the officer that the information
will be provided for me on Monday.
No answer was received on
Monday, or on Tuesday, but on Wednesday 2nd May we received the
following message:
I regret I have not yet received the information from the
service area, to provide a response to your second request.
I am making every effort to get the information to you at
the earliest opportunity.
It is really beyond belief that a year
after Powys embraced Civil Parking Enforcement. It cannot tell us how much it
cost to do so!
Surely you couldn’t even run a sweet shop
on that basis!
