Request ID: FOI-0452-2425 Date published: 23 May 2024
You asked
1. The total number of ULEZ cameras installed within the expanded ULEZ area since its implementation last year.
2. The number of ULEZ cameras reported destroyed, damaged beyond repair, or otherwise rendered inoperable since the expansion of the ULEZ area.
3. Any measures taken to mitigate or prevent further destruction or damage to ULEZ cameras.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-0452-2425
Thank you for your request received on 9 May 2024 asking for information about Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) cameras.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require. You asked for:
1. The total number of ULEZ cameras installed within the expanded ULEZ area since its implementation last year.
There are more than 3700 cameras in place across the London-wide ULEZ. Please note that this also includes cameras which are also used for the operation of Congestion Charging, the Low Emission Zone and the Direct Vision Standard.
2. The number of ULEZ cameras reported destroyed, damaged beyond repair, or otherwise rendered inoperable since the expansion of the ULEZ area. 3. Any measures taken to mitigate or prevent further destruction or damage to ULEZ cameras.
In accordance with the EIR, we are not obliged to supply any of the information as it is subject to a statutory exception to the right of access to information under regulations R12(5)(a) – international relations, defence, national security & public safety (in this instance specifically public safety), regulation 12(5)(b) – the course of justice, the ability of a person to receive a fair trial or the ability of the public authority to conduct and inquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature – (in this instance specifically the course of justice), and regulation 12(5)(e) – confidentially of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provide by law to protect a legitimate economic interest.
