Abandoned vehicles (FOI)Abandoned vehicles (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
15 March 2018.Request
Please kindly provide the number of vehicles abandoned over the past five years, broken down by year. For each year, please also provide the amount spent by the States on removing these vehicles. If possible, please also indicate which areas / parishes the abandoned vehicles were located.
Response
The information requested is not held by all States of Jersey departments in a format that would enable a composite response to be provided.
Please see information below which is held:
Department for Infrastructure Car Parks
| St Brelade | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| St Helier | 13 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| St John | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| St Lawrence | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| St Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| St Ouen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| St Peter | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| St Saviour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Grouville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
States of Jersey Police *
| St Brelade | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| St Clement | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| St Helier | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| St John | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St Lawrence | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| St Martin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| St Mary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| St Ouen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St Peter | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| St Saviour | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Grouville | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinity | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
* These figures may be duplicated within data from other States of Jersey Departments or within data that may be available from the Parishes.
States of Jersey Police do not record the cost of removal of abandoned vehicles on a per vehicle basis as vehicles recorded as abandoned by the States of Jersey Police may be removed by other Departments / entities.
Health & Social Services Department
| St Peter | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| St Saviour | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Postage Amount ** | £49.97 | 0 | £63.12 | £2.63 | £13.15 |
| Removal Amount | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | £140.00 |
** Letters are sent to the registered keeper, by recorded delivery, advising the car must be removed.
Education Department
| St Brelade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| St Clement | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St Saviour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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