Request ID: FOI-0279-2324 Date published: 18 May 2023
You asked
Follow-up to FOI-2432-2223: I have found the following reference in one of the documents: "More generally, some of the main findings of the Committee’s 2019 report were that the project team had 'suffered from optimism bias'"
You have kindly provided the link to all the documents but I am unable to locate/identify the "Committee's 2019 report" - can you point me to it or advise me on how I can find it?
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0279-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 27th April 2023 asking for information about the Crossrail project.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“I have found the following reference in one of the documents: "More generally, some of the main findings of the Committee’s 2019 report were that the project team had 'suffered from optimism bias'"
You have kindly provided the link to all the documents but I am unable to locate/identify the "Committee's 2019 report" - can you point me to it or advise me on how I can find it?”
I am afraid that without further information or context it is not entirely clear which Committee or report you are referring to. However, that said, note that the Public Accounts Committee published the following reports in 2019 on the Crossrail project, both of which refer to “optimism bias”:
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Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
