FOI Number of traffic E-Scooter offences recorded 2019-2023 (0854-2022/23)

Request

1) The number of traffic offences recorded for e-scooter riders, broken down by the offence type (i.e. Driving/riding without insurance, need to be taxed). Could you please provide answers to Question 1 for the following calendar years 2019 - 2023 – up to the latest month available

2) For the traffic offences in Question 1) for e-scooter riders, can you list police action taken for each offence, split between: NFA, Potential Prosecution, Paid Confirmed, Ongoing, or any other classification your Force uses? For the following calendar years 2019 - 2023 – up to the latest month available.

3) For traffic offences in Question 1) for e-scooter riders, can you provide the total monetary value of Fixed Penalty Notices / fines handed out to offenders? Could you please provide answers to Question 3 for the following calendar years 2019 - 2023 – up to the latest month available?

4) How does your Force deal with people riding e-scooters illegally on pavements? Please could you provide as much detail as possible?

5) How many e-scooters have you seized from 2019 - 2023 - up to the latest month available?

 

Response

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.

Decision

I am not obliged to provide you with a response to your request pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please note that when one part of your request falls under Section 12, we are not obliged to review the rest of the questions and the whole request is therefore exempt.

Section 12(1) applies to your request as the cost of complying with your request is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of identifying and retrieving any relevant information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.

Due to the nature of our recording systems the information requested, if held, is not in an easily retrievable format. In order to retrieve the requested information, it would be necessary to manually review all records relating to the issue of fixed penalty notices to ascertain which drivers were riding e-scooters at the time of the alleged offence, which would exceed the time limit allowed under the Act. 

Pursuant to Section 17(5) of the Freedom of Information Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice.

Pursuant to Section 16 of the Act I am required to offer you advice and assistance with regarding to refining your request to within the ‘appropriate limit’ (time/cost limit). However, due to the information provided above I am unable to suggest how you may refine your request and still receive the information within the cost threshold.  If you wish to discuss this please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.