Can you please provide copies of: • the report(s) that were issued to or shared with TFL that first raised concerns about delays to the operational date for the project. • the last report that was submitted confirming that the operational date would be missed.

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Our Ref:         FOI-1049-1920

Thank you for your request received on 10 July 2019 asking for information about reports on the delay to Crossrail.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require.

An independent review of certain commercial, financial and governance matters in relation to the Crossrail project was commissioned by Transport for London, acting for itself and on behalf of the Department for Transport in September 2018. The independent reviewer was also asked to confirm the factual accuracy of a chronology of events which is presented in Appendix 3 of the following:

http://content.tfl.gov.uk/kpmg-chronology-of-events.pdf

The chronology also lists the corresponding reports/minutes in which these events were recorded. A large portion of these documents, including the Adverse Event Notice confirming that Crossrail would not open in December 2018 as planned, are already published on our website:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/crossrail-project-updates#on-this-page-1
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/crossrail-board-minutes
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/crossrail-sponsor-board-minutes

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.

If there are any further reports that we have not published please let me know and we can consider any further requests.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please feel free to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

[email protected]

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