I understand that you keep a record of diversions into the ULEZ. Please provide me with the record of police diversions for the period of 15 December 2019 to 15 January 2020 inclusive.

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TfL Ref: FOI-1199-2021

Thank you for your email which we received on 2 October 2020, asking about police diversions into the ULEZ.

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.

Unfortunately, to provide the information you have requested would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’ of £450 set by the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004. Under section 12 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to comply with a request if we estimate that the cost of determining whether we hold the information, locating and retrieving it and extracting it from other information would exceed the appropriate limit. This is calculated at £25 per hour for every hour spent on the activities described.

Our current system does not allow us to run a report to provide the information you require. We would have to manually review hundreds of entries in the current database to provide a response to your request, which would exceed the aforementioned threshold. This would be very time consuming in normal circumstances, however with the backdrop of Covid-19 and the resulting staffing implications, this further adds to the challenge.

To help bring the cost of responding to your request within the £450 limit, you may wish to consider narrowing its scope so that we can more easily locate, retrieve and extract the information you are seeking. For example, you might consider limiting your request to a shorter period of time.

However, if you are considering submitting a further FOI request please think carefully about whether the request is essential at this current time, as answering FOI requests will require the use of limited resources and the attention of staff who could be supporting other essential activity. Where requests are made, please note that our response time may be impacted by the current situation.

Please note that we will not be taking further action until we receive your revised request.

In the meantime, if you have any queries or would like to discuss your request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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