TfL Ref: 1761-1819

Thank you for your email received by us on 3 October 2018 asking for information about the Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence, official guidance on CCTV usage within Transport for London (TfL) and in reference to disciplinary matters.

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 hold some of the information you require. You asked for:

a copy of London Underground’s Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence,

In accordance with SIA guidance, an SIA licence is only required for contract security staff. Station staff that undertake security duties as well as other duties are considered to be in-house, which falls outside the remit of the SIA and Private Security Industry Act (PSIA).

Contract security staff that manage security at locations such as depots are outsourced to companies such as MITIE and Initial.

The exporting of CCTV data is conducted by SIA licensed CCTV operators from our manned guarding provider, Interserve, under the authority of London Underground’s Data Manager.

and official published or non published guidance on what CCTV can be used for within the organisation, in particular in relation to disciplinary matters.

Please refer to London Underground’s Rule Books that are available via our intranet, which as a member of staff you will have access to. For example, please see Rule Book 11 ‘Station Management’ and the accessing data for employee investigations section:

http://intranet.tfl/our-organisation/information-governance/managing-personal-information/accessing-data-for-employee-investigations.aspx

TfL and LUL can also be found on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Data Protection Public Register. Please see the following link for the ICO’s Employment Practice Code at:

https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1064/the_employment_practices_code.pdf

Information on disciplinary processes and the Discipline at Work Procedures, which makes reference to all evidence, including CCTV at:

http://intranet.tfl/working-at-tfl/people-performance-rewards/people-management-disciplinary-processes/disciplinary-processes.aspx

https://sharelondon.tfl.gov.uk/pt/tms/Management%20System/PR1011.pdf

Our website also explains how TfL processes personal data in compliance with the Data Protection Act:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/privacy-and-cookies/privacy-and-data-protection-policy

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 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

Jasmine Howard
FOI Case Officer
Information Governance
Transport For London