Court Fees - Parking offences

Summary

The requester asked for statistics on parking offence appeals and associated court fees for 2021 and 2022. The Department of Home Affairs responded that they do not hold this information and directed the requester to the General Registry.

Key Facts

• The Department of Home Affairs does not hold the requested information regarding parking offence court cases.
• The General Registry is identified as the separate Public Authority responsible for court data.
• The request was received on 19 May 2022 and closed on 27 May 2022.
• The requester was advised to quote reference number 2456117 in future communications.
• The response outlines the right to an internal review and appeal to the Information Commissioner.

Data Disclosed

• 2022
• 2021
• 19 May 2022
• 27 May 2022
• 2456117

Original Request

Good morning, Please may you provide the following information. In 2022 how many parking tickets have gone to court after appeal? Of the cases which have gone to Court, how many have been successful? For unsuccessful court hearings, in relation to parking offences, please may you provide the court fees charged for each case. If you are unable to provide this on a case by case basis could you please provide the average charged. If there have been no parking tickets appealed in court in 2022, please may you expand to 2021 for all questions above. Thanks, Barton.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Chief Executive's Office DHA Headquarters Tromode, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 5AP

Telephone: (01624) 694341 Web address: www.gov.im/dha Email: GeneralEnquiries.DHA@dha.gov.im

Our ref: 2456117 27 May 2022

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 19 May 2022 and which states:

"Good morning, Please may you provide the following information. In 2022 how many parking tickets have gone to court after appeal? Of the cases which have gone to Court, how many have been successful? For unsuccessful court hearings, in relation to parking offences, please may you provide the court fees charged for each case. If you are unable to provide this on a case by case basis could you please provide the average charged. If there have been no parking tickets appealed in court in 2022, please may you expand to 2021 for all questions above. Thanks"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

However, in order to provide advice and assistance, General Registry is a separate Public Authority under the Freedom of Information Act 2015 and details on how to contact them can be found here: https://www.gov.im/about-the- government/offices/general-registry-isle-of-man-courts-and-tribunals/ Please quote the reference number 2456117 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.