Response 2578228

Response to request for information

Reference

2578228

Response date

1 March 2024

Request

Q1. Your current suppliers used to collect the following debts (please give names of all suppliers for each debt type):

• Parking Fines (PCNs)
• Council Tax
• Business Rates (NDR)

Q2. Number of cases issued to enforcement agents for each debt type, for the immediate past two financial years and year to date, e.g. 2021/22; 2022/23; 2023 Year to date:

• Parking Fines (PCNs)
• Council Tax
• Business Rates (NDR)

Q3. Enforcement/Debt Collection contract start and contract end date, and any contract extension dates for each of the following debt types:

• Parking Fines (PCNs)
• Council Tax
• Business Rates (NDR)

Q4. Are your Revenues and Benefits or Parking Services outsourced, and if they are, please state who is the supplier responsible for each or both services e.g. Capita, APCOA, Agilysis, Serco, Liberata etc.

• Parking (RTD)
• Revenues and Benefits

Q5. The name and/or job title of the Senior Officer (outside of procurement) responsible for the above contract(s)?

Response

Q1. Your current suppliers used to collect the following debts (please give names of all suppliers for each debt type):

• Parking Fines (PCNs)

  • All parking penalty charge notice debts are recovered on behalf of the Nottinghamshire districts by Nottinghamshire County Council as part of a formal partnership agreement and therefore please contact parking.enforcement@nottscc.gov.uk.  NCC procure all the contracts with the Enforcement Agents (formally known as bailiffs) and enforcement contractors so are best placed to supply the details.

• Council Tax

  • Penhams

     

  • Bristow and Sutor

     

  • Newlyn

     

  • Equita

• Business Rates (NDR)

  • Penhams

     

  • Bristow and Sutor

Q2. Number of cases issued to enforcement agents for each debt type, for the immediate past two financial years and year to date, e.g. 2021/22; 2022/23; 2023 Year to date:

• Parking Fines (PCNs) - see response to question 1.
• Council Tax

  • 2021/22  - 2304

     

  • 2022/23  - 2581

     

  • 2023/24  - 2546

• Business Rates (NDR)

  • 2021/22  - 116

     

  • 2022/23  - 99

     

  • 2023/24  - 98

Q3. Enforcement/Debt Collection contract start and contract end date, and any contract extension dates for each of the following debt types:

• Parking Fines (PCNs) - see response to question 1.
• Council Tax - All our enforcement agent agreements dealt with by SLA’s
• Business Rates (NDR) - All our enforcement agent agreements dealt with by SLA’s

Q4. Are your Revenues and Benefits or Parking Services outsourced, and if they are, please state who is the supplier responsible for each or both services e.g. Capita, APCOA, Agilysis, Serco, Liberata etc.

• Parking (RTD) -

  Parking is dealt with by Nottinghamshire County Council as part of a formal partnership agreement and therefore please contact parking.enforcement@nottscc.gov.uk. 

• Revenues and Benefits - No

Q5. The name and/or job title of the Senior Officer (outside of procurement) responsible for the above contract(s)?

See above not applicable