AQW 2569/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
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.
Asked by John Blair MLA on 1 July 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 July 2022
- Answer due by
- 20 July 2022
- Answered
- 14 July 202213 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
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