Cashless public parking
Case reference FOI2023/00518
Published 20 March 2023
Request
1. How many car parks in the Local Authority no longer accept cash or PIN payment? (i.e. How many car parks in the Local Authority only offer payment via app or mobile payment)
2. Where are these located?
3. How much does the council pay for third party providers such as Mipermit or RingGo to operate?
4. How much does the Local Authority profit from public usage of cashless third party apps to pay for parking?
Response
1. How many car parks in the Local Authority no longer accept cash or PIN payment? (i.e. How many car parks in the Local Authority only offer payment via app or mobile payment)
None
2. Where are these located?
N/A
3. How much does the council pay for third party providers such as Mipermit or RingGo to operate?
Nothing
4. How much does the Local Authority profit from public usage of cashless third party apps to pay for parking?
The council receives 50% of the cost (10p inc VAT) of each RingGo SMS message sent out by provider which equates to 4p (plus 1p VAT) for each message. There isn't a profit as this only contributes to the councils internal costs of operating the scheme such as customer contact, managing the website, back office, ICT, Sim cards in P+D machines etc.
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