Request ID: FOI-2257-2223 Date published: 03 January 2023
You asked
Re: banned right turn from Southwark Park Road into Jamaica Road implemented in October 2020.
1. How many PCNs have been issued to date
2. How much revenue has TFL raised from this junction alone
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2257-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 7 December 2022, asking for information about penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued for banned right turn from Southwark Park Road into Jamaica Road.
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 the information you require. Specifically you asked:
Re: banned right turn from Southwark Park Road into Jamaica Road implemented in October 2020. 1. How many PCNs have been issued to date 2. How much revenue has TFL raised from this junction alone
However, in accordance with the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply the information requested 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.
The release of the requested data could enable drivers to conclude that some locations are less likely to be enforced, which would let those who disobey the restricted turn avoid penalty charges for doing so. 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 and that we are able to manage traffic on the road network. It would be strongly against the public interest to release any information that would undermine this.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Eva Hextall FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
