CCTV infrastructure at and near Regent Street junction with Glasshouse Street
Request ID: FOI-0980-2122 Date published: 03 September 2021
You asked
Can you please confirm if the city if TFL maintain any CCTV cameras at or near the above location.
Please confirm the process put in place by TFL to request copies of recording (subject access request)
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0980-2122
Thank you for your request of 12th August 2021 asking for information about CCTV infrastructure on the junction of Regent Street and Glasshouse Street.
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. Your questions are answered in turn below:
Question 1: Can you please confirm if TFL maintain any CCTV cameras at or near the above location.
Answer: I can confirm that TfL has a camera at the junction of Piccadilly Circus by Lower Regent Street, which is the closest camera we have to the location you have specified. However, note that the camera does not continuously record footage. Rather, it is used to record contraventions of traffic regulations as they are happening.
Question 2: Please confirm the process put in place by TFL to request copies of recording (subject access request)
Information on how to submit a Subject Access Request to TfL - and the forms for doing so - can be made found on our website via the following link:
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
