FOI request detail

Expenditure on ULEZ Cameras and Infrastructure Maintenance

Request ID: FOI-3663-2324
Date published: 05 February 2024

You asked

I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to submit a Freedom of Information (FOI) request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, seeking information related to Transport for London's (TfL) expenditures on the maintenance of ULEZ cameras and infrastructure. Specifically, I am interested in the following details for the past fiscal year, the current fiscal year, and the budget allocated for forthcoming years: 1. The total amount spent by TfL on the maintenance of ULEZ cameras and related infrastructure in the past fiscal year. 2. The current fiscal year's expenditure on the maintenance of ULEZ cameras and related infrastructure. 3. The budget allocated by TfL for the maintenance of ULEZ cameras and related infrastructure for each of the forthcoming fiscal years.

We answered

Our Ref:         FOI-3663-2324

Thank you for your request received on 17 January 2024 asking for information about the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) camera expenditure.

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.

In accordance with the EIR, we are not obliged to supply any of the 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:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-0970-2324

Please also refer to the Decision Notice issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office for further details regarding the use of these exceptions to withhold information regarding the ULEZ cameras: https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-notices/2017/2172517/fs50676040.pdf.

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

[email protected]

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