Request ID: FOI-2200-2324 Date published: 11 October 2023
You asked
1. What is the total cost in GBP of TfL's entire fleet of ANPR/ULEZ vans.
2. What is the cost on average of each TfL ANPR/ULEZ van.
3. Please provide the purchase history of TfL's ANPR/ULEZ vans from the first van until the present fleet, broken down by year (how many purchased each year).
4. What is the total headcount of staff / contracted personnel and security staff operating TfL's ANPR/ULEZ vans each year from the first van up until present.
4. What is the average salary / daily rate of the personnel who are operating the TfL ANPR/ULEZ vans.
5. What is the total cost in GBP of the security personnel deployed to protect TfL's ANPR/ULEZ vans.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-2200-2324
Thank you for your request received on 24 September 2023 asking for information about the automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) vans that are being used to help enforce the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) and our information access policy. We do hold the information you require.
The mobile cameras were ordered in June 2023. In accordance with the EIR, we are not obliged to supply any of the remaining information as it is subject to a statutory exception to the right of access to information under regulations R12(5)(a) – international relations, defence, national security & public safety (in this instance specifically public safety), regulation 12(5)(b) – the course of justice, the ability of a person to receive a fair trial or the ability of the public authority to conduct and inquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature – (in this instance specifically the course of justice), and regulation 12(5)(e) – confidentially of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provide by law to protect a legitimate economic interest.
The rationale for this is explained in more detail in a published response to a previous information request which is available on our website here:
