Request ID: FOI-3787-2324 Date published: 02 February 2024
You asked
There is a CCTV enforcement camera which monitors a no-left turn from Parkway to Camden High Street, NW1. I Please provide the following information:
1. How many PCNs have been issued for each of the previous 5 years for a no-left turn contravention from Parkway onto Camden High Street?
2. Please confirm for each of the previous 5 years, the number of successful appeals for PCNs issued for a no-left turn from Parkway to Camden High Street?
If the information is not available for the previous 5 years please back date the information as far as possible.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-3787-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 22nd January 2024 asking for information about a no left turn from Parkway onto Camden High Street. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“There is a CCTV enforcement camera which monitors a no-left turn from Parkway to Camden High Street, NW1. I Please provide the following information:
1. How many PCNs have been issued for each of the previous 5 years for a no-left turn contravention from Parkway onto Camden High Street? 2. Please confirm for each of the previous 5 years, the number of successful appeals for PCNs issued for a no-left turn from Parkway to Camden High Street?
If the information is not available for the previous 5 years please back date the information as far as possible.”
I can confirm that we hold the information you require. However, I am afraid that this information is exempt from disclosure under section 31 of the Freedom of Information Act, which can apply where release of information would be likely to prejudice the prevention of crime, or to prejudice the apprehension or prosecution of offenders. This is because the release of this information (or similar information in relation to other areas) would reveal locations where enforcement activity is less likely to be implemented, and may therefore encourage people to ignore restrictions at those locations. Whilst we make no suggestion that you would use this information for anything other than your own interest, the disclosure of information under FOI is regarded as a disclosure to the public at large rather than to the individual applicant.
The use of this exemption is subject to an assessment of the ‘public interest test’ to determine whether the greater public interest rests in the exemption applying and the information being withheld, or in releasing it in any event. We recognise the need for openness and transparency by public authorities and the fact that you have requested the information is in itself an argument for release. However, in this instance we feel that balance of public interest lies in favour of withholding the information to ensure that we are able to manage traffic on the TfL Road Network. It would be strongly against the public interest to release any information that would undermine this. We consider that the release of this information would lead to increased problems as some motorists may seek to take advantage of the information, which would have a detrimental effect on street management. This principle has been previously agreed by the Information Commissioner in relation to a similar, previous request, as can be seen in the following Decision Notice - the same arguments apply in your case:
