FOI request: Abandoned vehicles
Case reference FOI2019/00088
Published 22 February 2019
Request
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act:
1) The number of vehicles reported as abandoned within your local authority area broken down by year for 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 to date.
2) The number of abandoned vehicles removed in your local authority area broken down by year for 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 to date.
3) The number of abandoned vehicles destroyed by your local authority broken down by year for 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 to date.
4) The amount of money spent by your local authority on removing and destroying abandoned vehicles broken down by year for 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 to date.
5) The amount of money in fines distributed by your local authority to people for abandoning their vehicles broken down by year for 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 to date.
Response
1) The number of vehicles reported as abandoned within your local authority area broken down by year for 2013/14 (235), 2014/15 (192), 2015/16 (371), 2016/17 (563), 2017/18 (287) and 2018/19 to date
315
2) The number of abandoned vehicles removed in your local authority area broken down by year for 2013/14 (24), 2014/15 (19), 2015/16 38), 2016/17 83), 2017/18 (80) and 2018/19 to date
52
3) The number of abandoned vehicles destroyed by your local authority broken down by year for 2013/14 (8), 2014/15 (5), 2015/16 (2), 2016/17 (10), 2017/18 (10) and 2018/19 to date
5
4) The amount of money spent by your local authority on removing and destroying abandoned vehicles broken down by year for 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 to date.
There is no information available for this breakdown.
5) The amount of money in fines distributed by your local authority to people for abandoning their vehicles broken down by year for 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 to date.
This authority does not issue any Fixed Penalty Notices for abandonment at this time.
Documents
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