-The number of allegations of a) sexual abuse and b) sexual exploitation made against bus drivers where the alleged victims were members of the public and the perpetrators were bus drivers? -The number of allegations of a) sexual abuse and b) sexual exploitation made against tube drivers and train drivers where the alleged victims were members of the public and the perpetrators were train drivers or London Underground drivers? -The number safeguarding referrals made to local authorities of a) sexual abuse and b) sexual exploitation where the alleged victims were members of the public and the perpetrators were bus drivers, train drivers or London Underground drivers? -The number safeguarding referrals made to the police of a) sexual abuse and b) sexual exploitation where the alleged victims were members of the public and the perpetrators were bus drivers, train drivers or London Underground drivers?

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TfL Ref: FOI-2857-1819

Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 24 January 2019.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy.

Unfortunately, to provide the information you have requested would exceed the ‘appropriate limit’ of £450 set by the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.

Under section 12 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to comply with a request if we estimate that the cost of determining whether we hold the information, locating and retrieving it and extracting it from other information would exceed the appropriate limit. This is calculated at £25 per hour for every hour spent on the activities described.

We have estimated that it would considerably exceed the cost limit to provide a response to your current request. We have no central register where this information is readily available. In order to answer your request we would have to approach various departments in TfL, including reviewing individual staff files, to ascertain if we hold any information relevant to your request and then manually locate, retrieve and extract it for the years requested.

The British Transport Police (BTP) or the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) may be better placed to answer your request. I would recommend you contact them for assistance at [email protected] or https://www.met.police.uk/rqo/request/ri/request-information/rip/request-information-police/request-information-about-police/FOI-request-form/

Alternatively, to help bring the cost of responding to your request within the £450 limit, you may wish to consider narrowing its scope so that we can more easily locate, retrieve and extract the information you are seeking. If you want to refine your request or make a Freedom of Information Act request in future, please bear in mind that the Freedom of Information Act allows you to request recorded information held by Transport for London. You should identify the information that you want as clearly and concisely as you can, specifying the types of document that you are looking for. You might also consider limiting your request to a shorter period of time, geographical area or specific departments of TfL.

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Please note that we will not be taking further action until we receive your revised request.

In the meantime, if you have any queries or would like to discuss your request, please do not hesitate to contact me.

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Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

  

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with the following for the entirety of the last 4 years up to the date this response is answered (from jan 1st 2015 to date):

-The number of allegations of a) sexual abuse and b) sexual exploitation made against bus drivers where the alleged victims were members of the public and the perpetrators were bus drivers?

-The number of allegations of a) sexual abuse and b) sexual exploitation made against tube drivers and train drivers where the alleged victims were members of the public and the perpetrators were train drivers or London Underground drivers?

-The number safeguarding referrals made to local authorities of a) sexual abuse and b) sexual exploitation where the alleged victims were members of the public and the perpetrators were bus drivers, train drivers or London Underground drivers?

-The number safeguarding referrals made to the police of a) sexual abuse and b) sexual exploitation where the alleged victims were members of the public and the perpetrators were bus drivers, train drivers or London Underground drivers?

If you are able to supply some of this information more quickly than other items, please supply each item when you can rather than delay everything until it is all available.

If there are any clarifications requested or exemptions cited for certain parts of the request, please provide responses for others in the meantime, as advised by the Information Commissioner.

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