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Questions from County Councillors

 

 

Meeting: 17/12/2013 - Cabinet (Item 136)

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Any county councillor may, by giving notice to the Proper Officer by 9 am two working days before the meeting, ask a question on any matter in respect of the Cabinet’s delegated powers.

 

The number of questions which may be asked by any councillor at any one meeting is limited to two (or one question with notice and a supplementary question at the meeting) and the time for questions will be limited to 30 minutes in total. As with questions at Council, any questions which remain unanswered at the end of this item will receive a written response.

 

Questions submitted prior to the agenda being despatched are shown below and will be the subject of a response from the appropriate Cabinet Member or such other councillor or officer as is determined by the Cabinet Member, and shall not be the subject of further debate at this meeting. Questions received after the despatch of the agenda, but before the deadline, will be shown on the Schedule of Addenda circulated at the meeting, together with any written response which is available at that time.

Minutes:

Councillor Roz Smith had given notice of the following question to Councillor Fatemian:

 

“ I note the balance of earmarked reserves linked to on street car parking at 31 March 2014 will be over £1.5million  and that the purpose for which these monies can be used are defined by statue.  Does this huge amount include monies collected from residents’ permits to park on their street in a Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ)?

 

Councillor Fatemian replied:

“On-Street income and expenditure is considered in three areas. On Street Pay & Display, Controlled Parking Zones and Enforcement outside of Controlled Parking Zones. This is different to the finance tables that the County produces which are defined by a legislative requirement for parking account reporting which separates yellow lines from all types of parking bay (including loading and disabled bays ) whether either be inside or outside of CPZ areas. The surplus of approximately £1.5 million is almost exclusively generated from pay & display income. The cost of enforcing controlled parking zones is almost exactly balanced with the income from permits and penalty charge notices issued with the zones. The costs of enforcement of restrictions outside of Controlled Parking Zones is similarly balanced with income from penalty charge notices.”