I am a member of the SII (Security Institute of Ireland) and I am currently partaking in a "New Terrorism and Countermeasures" Fetac level 6 course in a private capacity although it is related to my employment as a security door and turnstile manufacturer. I am to analyse a terrorism attack in Western Europe and I have chosen London 7/7/2005 as my subject matter. Part of my investigation is to analyse, in this instance, how London Bus and Underground, as a private organisation, reacted, managed and dealt with the bombing of the three Underground trains and the London Bus. Although I can find some information online about how the public and civic services reacted I cannot find any information from within your organisation. Can you help? If at all possible, could I get a copy of any security risk analyses prior to and following the 7/7/2005 incident? Or any policies relating to the same, such as perceived threats analyses or risk assessments would help. Modern day policies would not be relevant to this investigation as I am sure they have been updated a lot since this incident but they would be of interest if possible. I understand completely if you do not want to share this information, if it is sensitive, but I can assure you that anything you share with me will be kept in the strictest confidence. Also, regardless of how you might help, I can share my final project with you if you are interested.

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Our Ref:         FOI-1150-1718

Thank you for your request received on 11 August 2017 asking for information about our response to the 7/7 Attacks.

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

Part of my investigation is to analyse, in this instance, how London Bus and Underground, as a private organisation, reacted, managed and dealt with the bombing of the three Underground trains and the London Bus. Although I can find some information online about how the public and civic services reacted I cannot find any information from within your organisation. Can you help?

We provided information to a number of bodies who reviewed the incident and contributed fully to the inquest process. Below are some links to public documents that give detail in terms of London Underground’s actions – the inquest in particular would have gone into detail and contains records of detailed transcripts:

https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/gla_migrate_files_destination/archives/assembly-reports-7july-report.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/97988/inquest-7-7-progress-report.pdf
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120216072438/http://7julyinquests.independent.gov.uk/

If at all possible, could I get a copy of any security risk analyses prior to and following the 7/7/2005 incident? Or any policies relating to the same, such as perceived threats analyses or risk assessments would help.

The lead agency responsible for analysing the risk from terrorism for the TfL network is the Department for Transport, further information about how they work with transport operators can be found on their website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-transport-security/2010-to-2015-government-policy-transport-security

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 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 note that there is also information held in our Corporate Archive that may be of some information of interest to you. The items listed on the attached pdf titled ‘FOI-1150-1718 (Open)’ are the items TfL shared as part of the official enquiry. The other two attachments list the material that forms part of our existing records – there are two separate lists, one of open records and one of closed records. You are welcome to visit and consult the open material in our search room. If you would like to see anything listed as closed then you would need to let the Archive team know which files are of interest so we can request them back from storage and identify whether any of it can be disclosed.

Further information on how to arrange a visit to the Archive can be found on our website:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/culture-and-heritage/corporate-archives/about-the-tfl-archives

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

Yours sincerely

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

[email protected]

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