Request ID: FOI-0546-2122 Date published: 13 July 2021
You asked
There are in the Greater London region 73 Parliamentary Constituencies.
I submit a FoI Request to TfL to be informed of how many of the MP's that represent those 73 Constituencies have contacted TfL regarding the regulations for the use of E-Scooters within the Greater London area and about accidents that have occurred involving pedestrians within their Constituencies. Please list those MP's who have contacted TfL on this matter.
I would ask you to confine your research/response to my Request to be from 01.01.2019 to the present day
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0546-2122 Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 16th June 2021 asking how many MPs have contacted TfL about E-Scooters. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. Specifically you asked: “There are in the Greater London region 73 Parliamentary Constituencies. I submit a FoI Request to TfL to be informed of how many of the MP's that represent those 73 Constituencies have contacted TfL regarding the regulations for the use of E-Scooters within the Greater London area and about accidents that have occurred involving pedestrians within their Constituencies. Please list those MP's who have contacted TfL on this matter.” On 17th June 2021 you clarified the request as follows: “I would ask you to confine your research/response to my request to be from 01.01.2019 to the present day”. We have run an automated search of the TfL email account used for correspondence with MPs for anything mentioning the phrase “e-scooter” received from or sent to an email address containing “@parliament.uk“ since 1st January 2019 to the date of your request. This search has shown that TfL has received correspondence from the following MPs about e-scooters in that period: Neil Coyle MP Sarah Olney MP Emily Thornberry MP Steve Reed MP Note that the Department for Transport is principally responsible for the regulation of e-scooters in the UK, and so that body may be the more likely place for receipt of correspondence about those regulations. Note further that information about the e-scooter trial in London - overseen by TfL and London Councils - can be found on our website here: https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2021/may/tfl-and-london-councils-announce-london-s-e-scooter-trial-will-begin-in-june If this is not the information you are looking for 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
