Freedom of Information request - FoI request responses
Request ID: FOI-2184-2223 Date published: 15 December 2022
You asked
Dear Transport for London,
How much does it cost for the authority to process a freedom of Information request?
We answered
Our ref: FOI-2184-2223/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 29 November 2022 asking for information about the cost for TfL to process a Freedom of Information request.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy.
I can confirm that we do not hold the information you have requested. By their very nature, FOI requests are extremely varied and the expertise and resource required to answer them will differ on a case by case basis. However, the legislation sets out that a public authority such as TfL is not required to respond to FOI requests that exceed 18 hours' work, priced at £25 per hour. Therefore all FOI requests we process will be within this range. Both the volume of FOI requests received by TfL and our performance in meeting the statutory deadline can be found at the following link:
