Who We Are
The SPARKS Programme was created by London’s Enforcement Task Force, a group that co-ordinates enforcement activities across the capital.
Enforcement Task Force members come from Transport for London, London Councils, Metropolitan Police, City of London Police, Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency and Vehicle & Operators Services Agency.
Governance for SPARKS is provided by its steering group, which meets monthly and is also a forum for decision making. Members include:
- Nick Lester, Director of Transport, Environment & Planning; chairs the SPARKS steering group
- Patrick Troy, Head of Traffic Enforcement, Transport for London; chairs the Eurosparks project board
- Kelvin Reynolds, Director of Technical Services, British Parking Association
- David Morris, Parking Manager, London Borough of Enfield
- Tim Gunn, Debt Recovery Manager, London Borough of Camden
- Martin Gubby, Enforcement Validation & Verification Manager, Congestion Charging Scheme, Transport for London
- Rikki Hill, Enforcements Partnerships Manager, Transport for London
- Catherine Bowden, Data Sharing/ Data Protection Group, DVLA.
Day to day management is provided by the programme team:
- Bill Blakemore, programme manager
- Jo Ann Sweeney, communications consultant
- Matthew Revett & Chris Rogers (London), Jessica Adkins (Brussels), Grayling Political Strategy, public affairs advisers.
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Facts & Figures- The South East (excluding London) accounts for 29% of FRV activity
- Channel Tunnel & channel ports carry most of the FRV traffic entering and leaving the UK
- The further a region is from the South East the lower its level of FRV activity
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