Subcontracting of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO's)
Case reference FOI2018/01246
Published 14 November 2018
Request
Does the council subcontract enforcement of PSPO[s] to a private company (issuing penalty notices and enforcing their payment)? Please say yes or no, and detail the company used, the length of the contract and provide records of all fixed penalty notices issued under the contract.
If the council subcontracts enforcement of PSPO[s] does the local authority pay a flat fee under the tender agreement or is revenue from fixed penalty notices incentivised under the contract agreement (ie the more fines issued, the more a company is paid)?
Please detail all court cases brought by the council (or by a private company in the council's name) for failing to pay a fixed penalty notice for breaching a PSPO in the local authority's territory?
Response
The Council does not sub-contract enforcement of PSPOs to a private company. No court cases have been brought by the Council for failing to pay a fixed penalty notice for breaching a PSPO.
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