These questions relate to the period 1 January 2018 – 31 December 2018. 1. In the specified period how many people were prosecuted by TFL under s25 (3) Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and Regulation 7 (2) (e) Public Service Vehicles Regulations 1990? a. of those people how many were convicted? 2. How much has TFL recovered in the specified period: a. By way of fines from people convicted under s 25 (3) Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and Regulation 7(2) (e ) Public Service Vehicles Regulations 1990? b. By way of prosecution costs from people convicted under s 25 (3) Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and Regulation 7 (2) (e ) Public Service Vehicles Regulations 1990? End

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TfL Ref: FOI-0112-1920

Thank you for your request received by TfL on 10^th April 2019 asking for information about prosecutions under s25(3) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and Regulation 7(2)(e) of the Public Service Regulations 1990.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.

I can confirm that we hold the information you require. However, to provide it would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’ of £450 set by the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.

Under section 12 of the FOI Act we are not obliged to comply with a request if we estimate that the cost of determining whether we hold the information, and then locating and retrieving it, or extracting it from other information, would exceed the appropriate limit. This is calculated at £25 per hour for every hour spent on the activities described, which equates to 18 hours work.

The legislation referred to relates to the charge of not producing a ticket/pass. This is one of several charges TfL uses to report/prosecute passengers for fare evasion. Our reporting tools do not give us the capability to split charges individually. Our data shows that 3,147 people were reported for this offence in 2018. In order to answer your questions it would require a member of staff to find and review each individual such case and to collate the relevant information. Allowing 5 minutes for each case, this would take 15,735 minutes (over 262 hours).

To help bring the cost of responding to your request within the £450 limit, you may wish to consider narrowing its scope so that we can more easily locate, retrieve and extract the information you are seeking, bearing in mind the information above.

Please note that we will not be taking further action unless we receive a revised request.

In the meantime, if you have any queries or would like to discuss your request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely,

David Wells

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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