Dear Sir or Madam,

Under the Freedom of Information Act I am making the flowing
request(s);

In the proposed Congestion Charge plan a) What is the estimate cost
or outlay of transponder/tag to a motorist?

It does seem that from other information a deposit scheme. In which
case b) What is the cost to GMPTE for each transponder/tag?

It also seems un-practical for an a motorist who is visiting or
only travels a low number of times (say 1-3 times a year) into the
city centre to acquire a transponder/tag c) What arraignments are
been made to tackle this issue?

In recent studies it appearers that 'secure' transponders like the
UK passport RFID, oyster cards and contactless keycards are not as
secure as first designed and can be tricked into leaking data d)
What precautions will there be on unauthorised 3rd party monitoring
(technical documents will be fine for this response)

Yours faithfully,

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would just like to remind you that by law the information
requested should be provided by 25 July 2008 at the latest.

Yours faithfully,

Dear Chris,

Could you please provide us with more information so that we can locate
your request.

Regards

Sean Dyball
Customer Relations

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Dear Customer Relations,

A full copy of my request is located at
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...

Yours sincerely,

Dear Chris,

If we have acknowledged receipt of this request you will have a case
reference number. Could you please provide this so that we can locate
your case in the system.

Regards

Customer Relations

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Dear Customer Relations,

My request was not given a case number and there was no
acknolagment. Maybe the email was filtered by anti spam filter

Yours sincerely,

-------- Dear Chris,

If we have acknowledged receipt of this request you will have a
case reference number. Could you please provide this so that we can
locate your case in the system.

Regards

Customer Relations

Your Ref:
Our Ref: CR26616

18 July 2008

Dear Chris,

RE: - REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000

I acknowledge with thanks your request for information held by GMPTE received on 18 July 2008.

Your request is being considered and may take up to 20 working days to be processed.

If an exemption applies to the information that you have requested, this period may be exceeded in accordance with the provisions of that Act.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact me on the number below.

Yours sincerely,

Paula Titterington
Records Management & Committee Support Officer
GMPTE

2 Piccadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BG
Direct line 0161 244 1849
www.gmpte.com
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Dear Chris,

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the Greater Manchester Future Transport proposals. Please find responses to your queries regarding the cost and operation of the tag and beacon system below.

A) What is the estimate cost or outlay of transponder/tag to a motorist?
Users will be provided with a tag free of charge.
B) What is the cost to GMPTE for each transponder/tag?
We have decided not to release this information, on the grounds that it is exempt from disclosure under s.43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. GMPTE considers that the release of this information into the public domain would be likely to prejudice its commercial interests. The reason for this is that GMPTE will, if the TIF package goes ahead, conduct a competitive procurement exercise or exercises for the implementation and operation of the charging scheme, and the effectiveness of these exercises would be prejudiced if GMPTE's anticipated costs for transponders/tags had already been disclosed. This exemption is subject to the public interest test referred to in the Act and we have considered the application of the test in this case. We have concluded that the balance of the public interest in this case lies with preserving the effectiveness of any future procurement exercise and have therefore decided not to disclose the information. However, I can confirm that the costs associated with the provision and administration of transponders/tags have been included in the charging scheme costs set out in the consultation information available at the Greater Manchester Future Transport website, to which a link is provided below.
You have a right to appeal against the GMPTE's decision in this case - if you wish to appeal, please let me know. If you remain dissatisfied with GMPTE's response you may appeal to the Information Commissioner at:-
Office of the Information Commissioner
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

C) What arrangements have been made for people who do not acquire a tag?
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras will support the operation of the scheme and be able to identify all vehicles crossing a charging ring. For those vehicles that are not pre-registered the system will identify the vehicle owners through matching the registration number plates with DVLA records. Where a charge is payable, this information will be used to present the vehicle owner with a demand for payment.
D) What precautions will there be on unauthorised 3rd party monitoring?
The congestion charging scheme has been designed with considerations of privacy in mind. This means that data will not be collected or stored unless it is necessary to meet the operational needs of the scheme. Furthermore, the access to that data will be strictly limited and subject to a process based on necessary access for operational and user requirements. The time period for data storage will be limited to the extent necessary to meet scheme operating rules.
Tags typically do not store any personal information, for example the tag could store a randomly allocated unique reference number. This number would be picked up by a charging beacon. Matching this number to the relevant account number would take place in a secure back office system. Consequently, in isolation the unique reference number would be useless to any third party.

A full consultation on the proposals began on 7 July and will continue until October 10th, and is being supported by detailed information about the package. The consultation will give everybody a chance to study the details of the package including the public transport improvements on offer, how the congestion charge will work, and will provide businesses and members of the public with an opportunity to have their say.

The details of the consultation, and other information, are available on the Greater Manchester Future Transport Website (link below). You can also call our helpline on 0800 234 6100 to request further information or ask questions about the proposals. In July we will also be writing to every residential and business address in Manchester with information about the proposals and consultation. Now that consultation has started Ipsos MORI will be independently analysing comments received on the proposals. You can send you comments to Ipsos MORI here http://www.gmfuturetransport.co.uk/consu....

Kind Regards

Tony Short
Consultation Assistant
GMPTE

2 Piccadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BG
Direct line 0161 244 1264
www.gmpte.com

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Thankyou for your reply.

I wish to clarify my request.

Question B refers to the total cost per tag (so including all cost
associated to like postage, administration). I believe this will
fall outside section 43 as it is an aggregated figure and no
individual company would be able to identify the cost of each
component of the aggregated figure.

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Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive

21 July 2008

Dear Chris,

Thank you for your e-mail regarding the Greater Manchester Future
Transport proposals. Please find responses to your queries
regarding the cost and operation of the tag and beacon system
below.

A) What is the estimate cost or outlay of transponder/tag to a
motorist? Users will be provided with a tag free of charge. B) What
is the cost to GMPTE for each transponder/tag? We have decided not
to release this information, on the grounds that it is exempt from
disclosure under s.43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. GMPTE
considers that the release of this information into the public
domain would be likely to prejudice its commercial interests. The
reason for this is that GMPTE will, if the TIF package goes ahead,
conduct a competitive procurement exercise or exercises for the
implementation and operation of the charging scheme, and the
effectiveness of these exercises would be prejudiced if GMPTE's
anticipated costs for transponders/tags had already been disclosed.
This exemption is subject to the public interest test referred to
in the Act and we have considered the application of the test in
this case. We have concluded that the balance of the public
interest in this case lies with preserving the effectiveness of any
future procurement exercise and have therefore decided not to
disclose the information. However, I can confirm that the costs
associated with the provision and administration of
transponders/tags have been included in the charging scheme costs
set out in the consultation information available at the Greater
Manchester Future Transport website, to which a link is provided
below. You have a right to appeal against the GMPTE's decision in
this case - if you wish to appeal, please let me know. If you
remain dissatisfied with GMPTE's response you may appeal to the
Information Commissioner at:- Office of the Information
Commissioner Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF

www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

C) What arrangements have been made for people who do not acquire a
tag? Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras will support
the operation of the scheme and be able to identify all vehicles
crossing a charging ring. For those vehicles that are not
pre-registered the system will identify the vehicle owners through
matching the registration number plates with DVLA records. Where a
charge is payable, this information will be used to present the
vehicle owner with a demand for payment. D) What precautions will
there be on unauthorised 3rd party monitoring? The congestion
charging scheme has been designed with considerations of privacy in
mind. This means that data will not be collected or stored unless
it is necessary to meet the operational needs of the scheme.
Furthermore, the access to that data will be strictly limited and
subject to a process based on necessary access for operational and
user requirements. The time period for data storage will be limited
to the extent necessary to meet scheme operating rules. Tags
typically do not store any personal information, for example the
tag could store a randomly allocated unique reference number. This
number would be picked up by a charging beacon. Matching this
number to the relevant account number would take place in a secure
back office system. Consequently, in isolation the unique reference
number would be useless to any third party.

A full consultation on the proposals began on 7 July and will
continue until October 10th, and is being supported by detailed
information about the package. The consultation will give everybody
a chance to study the details of the package including the public
transport improvements on offer, how the congestion charge will
work, and will provide businesses and members of the public with an
opportunity to have their say.

The details of the consultation, and other information, are
available on the Greater Manchester Future Transport Website (link
below). You can also call our helpline on 0800 234 6100 to request
further information or ask questions about the proposals. In July
we will also be writing to every residential and business address
in Manchester with information about the proposals and
consultation. Now that consultation has started Ipsos MORI will be
independently analysing comments received on the proposals. You can
send you comments to Ipsos MORI here
http://www.gmfuturetransport.co.uk/consu....

Kind Regards

Tony Short Consultation Assistant GMPTE

2 Piccadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BG Direct line 0161 244 1264
www.gmpte.com

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