"Under the general requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful if you would provide the following information in relation to Bressenden Place SW1, and in particular the section between Warwick Row and Victoria Street" Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway in the two years prior to 22/03/2018 Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections in the two years prior to 22/03/2018 Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken, including whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection vehicle and the number of persons in the vehicle. The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections. Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the carriageway, received two years prior to 22/03/2018. The hierarchy classification. The road/section number. The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the identification of all categories of carriageway potholes. The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects. Whether or not the authority has formally adopted all or part of the standards contained within the national code of practice for highways maintenance management. Please supply requested information within 20 days from today's date 22/03/2018. Thank you.

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Our ref: FOI-4694-1718

Thank you for your email received on 22 March 2018 asking for information about carriageway inspections.

Your request has been processed in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. You asked:

Under the general requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful if you would provide the following information in relation to Bressenden Place SW1, and in particular the section between Warwick Row and Victoria Street:

Dates of all safety inspections undertaken on the carriageway in the two years prior to 22/03/2018

Details of all carriageway defects identified during safety inspections in the two years prior to 22/03/2018

Details of how carriageway safety inspections are undertaken, including whether walked or driven, the speed of the inspection vehicle and the number of persons in the vehicle.

The intended frequency of carriageway safety inspections.

Details of all complaints and/or enquiries relating to the carriageway, received two years prior to 22/03/2018.

The hierarchy classification.

The road/section number.

The defect intervention criteria adopted in relation to the identification of all categories of carriageway potholes.

The time period(s) adopted between identification and repair (temporary and permanent) of all categories of carriageway defects.

Whether or not the authority has formally adopted all or part of the standards contained within the national code of practice for highways maintenance management.

Unfortunately, to provide you with 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 exceed the cost limit to provide a response to your current request as we would need to identify which systems the data requested is stored within and in which format it is held. Further, we will also need to extract raw data from a number of systems and identify which information related to the stretch of carriageway requested. This information will then need to be cross referenced against the payments made for works to suppliers.                                                                                                  

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 particular period of time, geographical area or specific departments of TfL.

Although your request can take the form of a question, rather than a request for specific documents, TfL does not have to answer your question if it would require the creation of new information or the provision of a judgement, explanation, advice or opinion that was not already recorded at the time of your request.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely,

Melissa Nichols

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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