Freedom of information response
Parking apps and paper tickets
I'm looking for information about PCNs relating to parking offences only (and not relating to other traffic offences, such as driving in a bus lane, for example).
I want to see how many tickets were issued where drivers used a parking app to park, against tickets issued where a civil enforcement officer has booked tickets.
1) How many parking PCNs in total were issued for the following years:
a) 1 January 2021- 31 December 2018
b) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2019
c) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2020
d) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2021
e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022
2) How many parking PCNs were issued where the driver used a parking app for the following years?
a) 1 January 2021- 31 December 2018
b) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2019
c) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2020
d) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2021
e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022
3) How many parking PCNs were issued by a civil enforcement officer for the following years:
a) 1 January 2021- 31 December 2018
b) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2019
c) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2020
d) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2021
e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022
4) Where a parking PCN was issued and the driver used a parking app, how many parking PCNs were appealed for the following years:
a) 1 January 2021- 31 December 2018
b) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2019
c) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2020
d) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2021
e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022
5) Where a parking PCN was issued and the driver used a parking app, how many parking PCNs were appealed and then cancelled for the following years:
a) 1 January 2021- 31 December 2018
b) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2019
c) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2020
d) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2021
e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022
5) Where a parking PCN was issued by a civil enforcement officer, how many parking PCNs were appealed for the following years?
a) 1 January 2021- 31 December 2018
b) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2019
c) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2020
d) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2021
e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022
6) Where a parking PCN was issued by a civil enforcement officer, how many parking PCNs were appealed and then cancelled for the following years?
a) 1 January 2021- 31 December 2018
b) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2019
c) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2020
d) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2021
e) 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022
Please see appendix A attached
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