Ben Harris

By email;

[email address]

Kate Soley Barton

Traffic Signs Policy Advisor

Traffic Management Division TM4

Department for Transport

2/08

Great Minster House

76 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DR

Direct Line: 020 7944 2989

Fax: 020 7944 2469

GTN No: 3533 2989

Email: [email address]

Web Site: www.dft.gov.uk

29 January 2010

Dear Mr Harris,

FOI Request F0006051

Thank you for your email of 2 January in which you requested, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, for copies of the information held electronically on authorisations this Department has issued for non-prescribed traffic signs; I have attached these spreadsheets to this email.

As requested, I have included all authorisations between 19^th September 2008, when the time period covered by FOI Request F0004576 ended, and the end of December 2009.

In keeping with the spirit and effect of the Freedom of Information Act, all information is assumed to be releasable to the public unless exempt.  The Department will, therefore, be simultaneously releasing to the public the information you requested, together with any related information that will provide a key to its wider context.

If you are unhappy with the way the Department has handled your request or with the decisions made in relation to your request you may complain within two calendar months of the date of this letter by writing to the Department's Information Rights Unit at:

Zone D/04

Ashdown House

Sedlescombe Road North

Hastings

East Sussex TN37 7GA

E-mail: [email address].uk   

Please see attached details of DfT's complaints procedure and your right to complain to the Information Commissioner.from [department] you may ask for an internal review. You should contact [name of official and address] if you wish to complain

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely,

Kate Soley Barton

Your right to complain to DfT and the Information Commissioner

You have the right to complain within two calendar months of the date of this letter about the way in which your request for information was handled and/or about the decision not to disclose all or part of the information requested. In addition a complaint can be made that DfT has not complied with its FOI publication scheme.

Your complaint will be acknowledged and you will be advised of a target date by which to expect a response. Initially your complaint will be re-considered by the official who dealt with your request for information. If, after careful consideration, that official decides that his/her decision was correct, your complaint will automatically be referred to a senior independent official who will conduct a further review. You will be advised of the outcome of your complaint and if a decision is taken to disclose information originally withheld this will be done as soon as possible.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 Information Commissioner's Office
 Wycliffe House
 Water Lane
 Wilmslow
 Cheshire
 SK9 5AF