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Is there a template for a witness statement

No. A Witness Statement is your version of the events as they apply to your case. On that basis we can provide advice on witness statements, but not templates.

nothing to really bear witness to apart from the fact that at the time I was the registered keeper of the vehicle?

Your witness statement can also respond to the case against you (including their witness statement(s)) - stating that you were not the driver is one point, but your witness statement should also set out why this is relevant, and why based on the facts of the case you are not liable for the charge as the registered keeper of the vehicle - for example by setting out how they have failed to comply with the requirements of Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012.

If you would like futher advice, please read the following thread carefully and provide as much of the information it asks for as you are able to: READ THIS FIRST - Private Parking Charges Forum guide

Unless you have confirmed with the court that they have received nothing you don't know that they haven't sent the court anything, just that you have not received anything.

Hard to advise as to whether it is 'normal' as you have still told us almost nothing about the case. We don't know who the claimant is, what the basis of their claim is, how strong your defence is, nor what is contained in your witness statement.

We also don't know what the deadline is for the claimant to pay the trial fee.