Council Parking

[emmie]

is this just another money making exercise

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23518194

[sir.prize]

Gromit. You seem to have confused yourself. Earlier you posted a link from West Herts Hospitals. Their car parks are controlled by CP Plus which is a private parking company. Now you are quoting Westminster City Council parking; which is not a private parking company.

Also by copying and pasting from West Herts you have copied the quoted errors. CP Plus can NOT issue Penalty Charge Notices. As a private operator they can only issue Parking Charge Notices.

Hopefully if the Government does pursue and rule on this parking issue, it might also regulate the private parking sector; something which is long overdue.

[Gromit]

Sir.prize

My post about West Herts hospital parking scheme was in response to Octavian who claimed that a hospital parking scheme he/she was involved with went into profit after 6 weeks. If you had followed the link you would have seen the hospital trust made the statement in their annual parking revue. Any errors on who did or didn't issue the fines was theirs, but I suspect that would be clear if you read the link.

The Westminster figures were in response for costings for London parking profits. It shows that two thirds of the earnings were fines from illegal parkers.

Hope that resolves your confusion.

[sir.prize]

Thanks for the explanation Gromit.

PS: ////Any errors on who did or didn't issue the fines was theirs////

A private parking company does not issue Fines.

[Gromit]

Sir.prize

I have re-read the West Herts Hospital Trust document and they do not state that the private contractor issued the fines. They state that the Trust takes a cut on the money received.

[ChillDoubt]

As you're asking for explanations on another thread, I'm still waiting for you to answer my question about maintenance of a car park, Gromit.

[Gromit]

Sorry you missed it ChillDoubt, it was in my post at 22.41.

This gives Westminster Councils Revenue and Expenditure for its parking...

// Page 20 here...

http://www.westminster.gov.uk/workspace/assets/publications/WCC-Annual-Parking-report-2012_v5-1360080594.pdf

[sir.prize]

Gromit. You really are being silly.

The Trust has a contractual agreement with CP Plus for the management of its car parks. If the private contractor does not issue the parking tickets who, in your opinion, does.

Neither West Herts Hospitals nor CP Plus are not entitled to use the words fine or penalty with reference to parking charges.

[ChillDoubt]

Ah, as expected then, the absolute bare minimum(even though it didn't answer my specific question).

[Gromit]

No Sir.Prize you are being silly.

Whatever they are called, penalty/parking, fines and whoever it is that issues them (Someone does) it does not matter a jolt. The Trust receives a cut (or so they state) but they do not make any money from 'fines'.