FI14459
Request
Q1. Your current suppliers used to collect the following debts (please give names of all suppliers for each debt type):
• Parking Fines (PCNs)
• Council Tax
• Business Rates (NDR)
Q2. Number of cases issued to enforcement agents for each debt type, for the immediate past two financial years and year to date, e.g. 2021/22; 2022/23; 2023 Year to date:
• Parking Fines (PCNs)
• Council Tax
• Business Rates (NDR)
Q3. Enforcement/Debt Collection contract start and contract end date, and any contract extension dates for each of the following debt types:
• Parking Fines (PCNs)
• Council Tax
• Business Rates (NDR)
Q4. Are your Revenues and Benefits or Parking Services outsourced, and if they are, please state who is the supplier responsible for each or both services e.g. Capita, APCOA, Agilysis, Serco, Liberata etc.
• Parking (RTD)
• Revenues and Benefits
Q5. The name and/or job title of the Senior Office (outside of procurement) responsible for the above contract(s)?
Response
Q1. Parking Fines (PCNs) - Marstons and CEDR; Council Tax - Dukes Bailiffs Limited, Marston Holdings & Rundles; Business Rates (NDR) - Dukes Bailiffs Limited
Q2.
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2021/22
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2022/23
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2023/24
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Parking Fines (PCNs)
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794
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353
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473
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Council Tax
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2,001
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4,149
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2,940
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Business Rates (NDR)
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91
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137
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102
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Q3.
Parking Fines (PCNs)
- SLA contract with CEDR and October 2022 start date with Marstons on a 1 year contract with option to extend.
Council Tax
- Dukes Start 01.02.2018 End 31.01.2025
- Marstons Start 01.02.2018 End 31.01.2025
- Rundles Start May 2011 End 31.01.2025
Business Rates (NDR)
- Dukes Start 01.02.2018 End 31.01.2025
Q4.
Parking (RTD)
Revenues and Benefits
Q5. The information you have requested is exempt from disclosure under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act as the Council considers the names and contact details of individual members of staff to be personal data. The names of staff working in public authorities are personal data as defined by Article 4(1) of GDPR and also Section 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the release of this data would contravene the data protection principles.