FOI002916 FOI Parking

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding your authority’s Blue Badge enforcement activity.
Please provide the following data for the most recent full financial year (2025/26). 
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Enforcement Activity Table
Please complete the table below:
Measure    Number
Total number of Blue Badges inspected on street    
Number of investigations initiated    
Number of successful prosecutions    
Number of other disposals administered (e.g. written warnings, cautions)    
Number of cases where no further action was taken    

Can you also confirm:

•    Do you have any dedicated staff who deal with blue badge investigations, if yes, how many and what are there job titles.

•    If there are dedicated resources what is the annual cost to your Council for these dedicated blue badge resources.

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Costs Recovered

•    For successful Blue Badge prosecutions what is the average value of the costs recovered in court per case i.e £500 per prosecution