No Right-Turn Southwark Park Road-junction/Jamaica Road
Request ID: FOI-1709-2223 Date published: 07 November 2022
You asked
No Right-Turn Southwark Park Road-junction/Jamaica Road
1. Planned diagram of the change of traffic flow
2. How many PCN have been issued since inception
3. How much funds has been made
We answered
TfL Ref: 1709-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 15 October 2022 asking for information about fines issued for a no right turn from Southwark Park Road onto Jamaica Road.
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 some of the information you require. You asked: No Right-Turn Southwark Park Road-junction/Jamaica Road 1. Planned diagram of the change of traffic flow 2. How many PCN have been issued since inception 3. How much funds has been made
We don’t hold a diagram like the one you have requested of the change in traffic flow, however we have attached the traffic order for the location.Please note that in accordance with TfL’s obligations under Data Protection legislation some personal data has been removed, as required by section 40(2) of the FOI Act. This is because disclosure of this personal data would be a breach of the legislation, specifically the first principle which requires all processing of personal data to be fair and lawful. It would not be fair to disclose this personal information when the individuals have no expectation it would be disclosed and TfL has not satisfied one of the conditions which would make the processing ‘fair’.
Please note that the onus is on the driver to be aware and comply with the road signs as set out in the Highway Code; the signage in place at this location gives clear and sufficient information and meets the statutory requirements
In accordance with the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply the information requested in parts 2 and 3 of your request relating to a specific location as it is subject to a statutory exemption to the right of access to information under section 31 of the FOI Act, which relates to law enforcement. Specifically, we are refusing your request under section 31(1)(b), which relates to information whose disclosure would be likely to prejudice the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, and section 31(1)(g), which relates to information whose disclosure would be likely to prejudice the exercise by any public authority of its functions or any of the purpose of ascertaining whether any person has failed to comply with the law.
In this instance the exemption has been applied as disclosure of the information you have requested on the number of fines issued and the amount of revenue raised from those fines at a specific location would reveal the likelihood of a driver being issued with a fine at that location. The purpose of enforcement cameras is to assist with the safe and smooth flow of traffic on the TfL road network, and TfL has the power to issue PCNs where drivers contravene a range of restrictions on the network. If drivers are aware of how likely (and, by extension, how unlikely) they are to be issued with a PCN then it would encourage non-compliance with those traffic restrictions in the areas that are not covered or are covered to a lesser extent. Whilst we make no suggestion that you would use this information for anything other than you own personal interest, disclosure of this information to you has to be regarded as a disclosure to ‘the public at large’. The use of this exemption is subject to an assessment of the public interest in relation to the disclosure of the information concerned. We recognise the need for openness and transparency by public authorities, but in this instance feel that balance lies in favour of withholding the information to ensure that drivers in London use the roads in compliance with the relevant restrictions, to ensure the safe and effective operation of the road network. It would be strongly against the public interest to release any information that would undermine this.
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
Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
