Request ID: FOI-0975-2122 Date published: 13 August 2021
You asked
I would like to request under the freedom of information act a map of cameras for the ULEZ extension zone Specifically the area E14
We answered
TfL Ref: EIR-0975-2122
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 12th August 2021 asking for information about ULEZ extension camera locations.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“I would like to request under the freedom of information act a map of cameras for the ULEZ extension zone Specifically the area E14”.
Note that we do not use separate camera networks to monitor and enforce different Road User Charging (RUC) schemes. Please see the attached spreadsheet for details of the locations of camera sites in the central London zone. This information applies to all RUC schemes, including the Congestion Charge and the current ULEZ.
The aim of the LEZ and ULEZ schemes is to improve air quality in London by deterring the most polluting vehicles from driving in the area. Unlike the central London zone, it is not possible to have cameras on every single entry and exit point of the LEZ due to the sheer scale of the zone. Releasing the location of these cameras could enable those who wish to avoid detection to enter the zone. The locations of the cameras outside the central London zone are therefore exempt from disclosure under the Environmental Information Regulations exception 12(5)(g). Whilst we make no suggestion that you would use this information for anything other than you own personal interest, disclosure of this information to you has to be regarded as a disclosure to ‘the public at large’.
The locations of the cameras for the expanded ULEZ are still being finalised. However, TfL is not likely in any event to release into the public domain the location of such cameras for the same reasons as those detailed above, as to do so would undermine their purpose.
Further information on the rationale for this is as set out in similar previous cases, such as the one that can be found via the following link in relation to the original scheme:
More general information about the ULEZ expansion - including a map of the area to be covered from 25th October 2021 - can be found on our website here:
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
