FOI release

Parking penalty charge notices

This request was refused in part, so we didn't provide some of the information the requester asked for. This may include information where we can neither confirm nor deny that we hold it.

Case reference FOI2024/00809

Received 2 May 2024

Published 3 June 2024

Request

1a) How many parking penalty charge notices did the council issue in the year 2023/2024?

1b) How much in total was charged through the penalty charge notices outlined in question 1a?

1c) How much in total did the council receive in parking penalty charge payments in 2023/2024?

1d) How many of the parking penalty charge notices outlined in question 1a were successfully appealed?

2a) How many parking penalty charge notices did the council issue in the year 2022/2023?

2b) How much in total was charged through the penalty charge notices outlined in question 2a?

2c) How much in total did the council receive in parking penalty charge payments in 2022/2023?

2d) How many of the parking penalty charge notices outlined in question 2a were successfully appealed?

3a) How many parking penalty charge notices did the council issue in the year 2018/2019?

3b) How much in total was charged through the penalty charge notices outlined in question 3a?

3c) How much in total did the council receive in parking penalty charge payments in 2018/2019?

3d) How many of the parking penalty charge notices outlined in question 3a were successfully appealed?

4) In the year 2023/2024, in which spending area was the highest amount of money acquired through parking penalty charge notices spent?

Response

1a) How many parking penalty charge notices did the council issue in the year 2023/2024?

1b) How much in total was charged through the penalty charge notices outlined in question 1a?

1c) How much in total did the council receive in parking penalty charge payments in 2023/2024?

1d) How many of the parking penalty charge notices outlined in question 1a were successfully appealed?

A: The information you have requested is due to be published in September 2024 to the link below.

Annual parking enforcement report – Herefordshire Council

Therefore we consider your request to be exempt under Section 22 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on the grounds that the information is intended for future publication.

This exemption is subject to a Public Interest Test and accordingly I have weighed the reasons for and against the release of the information in the public interest as follows:

The public interest in disclosure:

Openness and transparency regarding Parking Penalty charges and income.

The public interest in non-disclosure:

Herefordshire Council is not refusing to disclose the information, but is following a defined course of action before the information is made public.

The information is being finalised and checked and is intended for future publication. It is important when making decisions that the correct procedures are followed to ensure that matters are processed correctly and effectively.

Taking the above into consideration, I find the balance in favour of not disclosing the information until it is made public. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

2a) How many parking penalty charge notices did the council issue in the year 2022/2023?

2b) How much in total was charged through the penalty charge notices outlined in question 2a?

2c) How much in total did the council receive in parking penalty charge payments in 2022/2023?

2d) How many of the parking penalty charge notices outlined in question 2a were successfully appealed?

A: The answers to question 2a - 2d are publically available on Herefordshire Council’s and can be viewed via the following link:

Parking enforcement annual statistics report 2022-23 (herefordshire.gov.uk )

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

3a) How many parking penalty charge notices did the council issue in the year 2018/2019?

A: 10917

3b) How much in total was charged through the penalty charge notices outlined in question 3a?

A: Penalty charge notices charged at the Higher level = £3107 x £70

Penalty charge notices charged at the Lower level = £7810 x £50

3c) How much in total did the council receive in parking penalty charge payments in 2018/2019?

A: £310,537.07

3d) How many of the parking penalty charge notices outlined in question 3a were successfully appealed?

A: 2415