Request ID: FOI-3618-2324 Date published: 20 March 2024
You asked
Copy of all reports sent by TfL to Shirley Rodrigues, London’s deputy Mayor for Enviornment, regarding Ulez since September 1 2023
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-3618-2324 / FOI-3619-2324 Thank you for your requests dated 22 January 2024 asking for copies of Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) reports sent to Shirley Rodrigues - London’s Deputy Mayor for Environment, and Seb Dance - London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport. I apologise for the delay in my response.
Your requests have 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.
Please find the requested information attached. Please note in addition to the attached reports, daily reports were also sent providing updates on the number of cameras in operation and how many had been vandalised. As all of the information contained within these reports would be withheld we have not provided them. The information contained within the reports 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. Please refer to the decision notices issued by the Information Commissioner regarding the application of these exceptions:
In accordance with our obligations under Data Protection legislation some personal data has been removed, as required by section Regulation 13 of the EIRs. This is because disclosure of this personal data would be a breach of the legislation, specifically the first principle of Article 5 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation which requires all processing of personal data to be fair and lawful. It would not be fair to disclose this personal information when the individuals have no expectation it would be disclosed and TfL has not satisfied one of the conditions which would make the processing ‘fair’.
This exemption to the right of access to information is an absolute exemption and not subject to an assessment of whether the public interest favours use of the exemption.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob Senior FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
