Request ID: FOI-0339-2223 Date published: 01 June 2022
You asked
Please send information on the number of CCTV cameras on the TfL network - please also state how many are in the process of being added.
Please could you provide the name of the supplier(s) who provides CCTV systems as well as the brand of the cameras.
Please also state the length of the contract with any such supplier(s) and the annual cost of the contract.
Please state any advanced surveillance capabilities of these cameras including but not limited to, facial, gender and behaviour detection.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0339-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 12th May 2022 asking for information about CCTV cameras on the TfL network.
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. Virtually identical requests have been made to TfL before. Note that all previous responses to requests are published on the FOI pages of our website. The most recent example can be found here:
The exemptions cited in response to that request apply to the same information you have requested below.
Information about contracts for CCTV provision can be found in our contracts register, available on our website via the following link (a search for “CCTV” shows 57 references):
In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.
Note that more general information about the use of CCTV across TfL can be found on our website here:
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
Yours sincerely,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
