AQW 2569/22-27


Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim


Tabled Date: 01/07/2022
Answered On Date: 14/07/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of Penalty Charge Notices issued for pavement parking, broken down by (i) constituency; and (ii) district electoral ward, for each of the last five years.


Answer:
It is not possible to detail the total number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued to vehicles parked on a footway (pavement) as parking restrictions marked on the road, for example yellow lines, also apply to the footway or verge, and the actual location of the vehicle is not recorded.
There are however two parking contraventions that relate specifically to footway parking; 46F – Parked on a footway adjacent to a clearway; and 99F – Parked on a footway adjacent to a controlled area at Zebra, Pelican and Puffin crossings. The table below provides details of PCNs issued for these categories in the last 5 years, however, please note that our system records this information by Council area rather than by constituency or electoral ward.
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022*
Councils
46F
99F
46F
99F
46F
99F
46F
99F
46F
99F
Antrim & Newtownabbey
30
0
72
4
100
1
41
4
29
2
Ards & North Down
0
10
0
11
1
6
0
5
0
1
Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon
0
33
2
53
0
24
0
24
0
21
Belfast City
1282
47
1379
125
623
70
781
62
170
23
Causeway Coast & Glens
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Derry & Strabane
6
4
7
9
2
2
1
2
4
11
Fermanagh & Omagh
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Lisburn & Castlereagh
0
60
0
46
0
12
0
16
0
6
Mid & East Antrim
4
3
0
9
0
13
1
5
0
0
Mid Ulster
1
1
0
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
Newry, Mourne & Down
0
14
0
30
0
14
0
5
0
4
* For period 1 Jan 2022 to 3 July 2022