CIRAS for annual subscriptions
Request ID: FOI-1569-1718
Date published: 09 October 2017
You asked
A quick analysis of the Expenditures (https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/expenditure-over-250) made by TfL to the Rail Safety & Standards Board (RSSB, which, inter alia, invoices TfL on behalf of CIRAS for annual subscriptions) for the periods 2015-16 and 2016-17 shows an increase of approximately £8000 (exactly £8043.50) for the latter period. Kindly confirm (or deny) if that increased expenditure in fact reflects the increased annual CIRAS subscription cost borne by TfL so that its Bus Subcontractors could be covered by TfL's CIRAS subscription for the period commencing 4 January 2016 and thereafter.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-1569-1718
Thank you for your request received on 22 September 2017 asking for further information about the subscription costs for the Confidential Incident Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS).
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we do hold the information you require. You asked for:
As previously stated, the agreement we have for London bus operators to use CIRAS does not involve any additional cost. The increase in expenditure you refer to does not reflect an increase in the subscription cost to TfL so that our Bus Subcontractors could be covered by our CIRAS subscription.
If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free 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
Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[email protected]
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