Reconsiderations Hearings
Request ID: FOI-4377-1718
Date published: 01 March 2018
You asked
You state “you were advised in our response to FOI-1365-1718 that there had been 164 reconsideration hearings since 2015. Collating the requested information would require us to manually check all these records which we estimate will take approximately 10 minutes each to ascertain the reason for the decision that resulted in a reconsideration and the outcome of that reconsideration”.
I would like you to focus on the reconsideration Hearings below up to the cost threshold starting with the most recent going back in time.
“Can you please confirm the number of Reconsiderations Hearings have been conducted where allegations of a sexual assault by and on Taxi Drivers have been made arising from the Taxi Driver entering or being enticed into the passenger compartment of a Taxi”.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-4377-1718
Thank you for your email received on 12 February asking for information about taxi driver reconsideration hearings.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our Information Access Policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked:
I would like you to focus on the reconsideration Hearings below up to the cost threshold starting with the most recent going back in time.
“Can you please confirm the number of Reconsiderations Hearings have been conducted where allegations of a sexual assault by and on Taxi Drivers have been made arising from the Taxi Driver entering or being enticed into the passenger compartment of a Taxi”.
We have individually reviewed the records of 100 reconsideration hearings which took place between July 2016 and February 2018, and can confirm that none of the cases heard involved allegations of sexual assault having taken place in the passenger compartment of a taxi vehicle.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely
Lee Hill
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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