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In 2012 approximately 3.5 billion Penalty Charge Notices will be issued throughout the UK and the majority of these will be for parking.

As a result of the 1991 Act, responsibility lies with the Local Authority to recover unpaid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) as a civil debt rather than a criminal prosecution. Penalties are now issued under the Traffic Management Act 2004 and many other PCNs are issued under the Transport for London Act and London Local Authorities Act.  The chief rational behind these provisions were, amongst other reasons, to ensure that people didn’t end up being criminalised from mere parking offences.

Revenue raised from parking enforcement is used for running the scheme and any surplus goes into the public purse. Surplus revenue is ring-fenced for transport related expenditure and if the revenue raised does not cover the cost of running the scheme then daily charges are increased. It is vital that councils ensure that the motorist that pays for parking does not pay for those that avoid payment.

Councils choose JBW for the collection of PCN’s for:

• Speed of recovery – JBW perform the entire enforcement process and return the case fully paid within 41 days of receipt. Our technology platform (AR-12) makes us the only company within the UK that is able to offer such a service. 
• High collection rates – JBW achieves higher collection rates for over 85% of the clients where we share collection responsibility with one of our competitors. We aim to increase this to 95% by 2013.
• ANPR – JBW created ANPR within the enforcement industry after working alongside the developers of the Met Police. Not only were we the first company in the UK to use ANPR vehicles but we also remain the largest provider of ANPR for the enforcement of PCNs and tracking of criminals with the Police. 

JBW provides bailiff enforcement services for over 60 local authorities including Transport for London; the UK’s largest issuer of PCNs.