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Ruthlyn Black made this Freedom of Information request to Kingston upon Thames Borough Council
The request was partially successful.
From: Ruthlyn Black
15 January 2010
Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,
It has become apparent that many organisations and members of the
public in LB Kingston-upon-Thames were not aware of the recent
consultation into the Draft Mayor of London Transport Strategy.
Please explain the steps that Kingston-upon-Thames Council took
with TfL to make the public aware of consultation into the Draft
Mayor of London Transport Strategy.
(1) What publicity was undertaken across LB Kingston-upon-Thames by
TfL and by LB Kingston-upon-Thames?
(2) What was published that explained the Draft Strategy and the
consultation process and how were these made available?
(3) What steps were taken to try to ensure a balanced cross-section
of the public was made aware of the process?
(4) Where were leaflets distributed, and how was this decided?
What analysis suggested this would lead to a fair and balanced
distribution across the community?
(5) What steps were taken to ensure that hard-to-reach sections of
the community, such as those who travel exclusively by private car,
were made aware of the consultation process and encouraged to
participate in it?
(6) What consultation discussions took place between LB
Kingston-upon-Thames and TfL over how this process would operate?
To what extent was the council consulted over the detail of the
consultation, and what views did it express?
(7) Is the council happy with the consultation process?
Was the council happy that the online questionnaire was so
flagrantly biased?
Was the council happy that were responders allowed to pick as many
as they chose from an uncosted wish-list?
(7) What steps were taken to inform and involve organisations
likely to have an interest?
(8) What programme of meetings was organised?
Did Kingston-upon-Thames Council ask TfL to attend meetings of the
council's Neighbourhood Partnerships, and how many did receive
reports on the consultation from TfL?
(9) How many meetings took place within LB Kingston-upon-Thames
between TfL and the council as part of the consultation process?
What about with local groups in LB Kingston-upon-Thames?
(10) What pre-consultation took place with interested parties to
ensure that the process was fair and balanced?
(11) Does the council support a MTS consultation on the Draft Mayor
of London Transport Strategy that offers so little for the driver -
private motorist or professional driver of taxi, minicab, van,
lorry or bus?
How important are private drivers in the overall use of transport
in Kingston-upon-Thames?
Has the council expressed concerns over this unfair and unbalanced
aspect of the consultation process?
(12) Does the council support a MTS in which the promotion of
cycling within the draft MTS does not also include warnings on the
dangers of this mode?
Does the council support the proposition that a mass switch to
cycling would be beneficial justified, and on what evidence?
(13) Does the council support a MTS consultation in which costings
of various suggestions were not put forward, so that the public
could see how much tax each would entail?
(14) Does the council support a MTS consultation in which there was
no question on the level of subsidy that each mode should receive?
(15) Does the council support a MTS consultation in which no
question is asked as to whether the users of a mode should bear
all, most, some or whatever proportion of the costs of providing
that mode?
(16) What representations has or will the council make regarding
the consultation process into the Draft MTS as a result of this
enquiry or otherwise?
Yours faithfully,
Ruthlyn Black
From: Ruthlyn Black
22 January 2010
Dear Kingston upon Thames Borough Council,
I sent this FOI Request to you a week ago.
I am surprised that no acknowledgement has yet been received.
Could you kindly confirm that this request is in hand?
Yours faithfully,
Ruthlyn Black
From: John Newnham
Kingston upon Thames Borough Council
1 February 2010
Dear Ms Black
I confirm that your response was received by the Council.It has been
referred to our Environmental Services Directorate to respond to you
directly.
Yours sincerely
John Newnham
Principal Solicitor
Department of Legal Services
020 8547 4631
Fax 020 8547 5127/3
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From: Ruthlyn Black
12 February 2010
Dear John Newnham,
I note that the 20 working day deadline has passed without any
response being provided to my FOI Request.
This is very disappointing.
The Request was a straight forward one, and I see no reason why the
council could not provider its response within the statutory limit
of 20wd.
Please give an indication of a date by when the council expects to
provide its reply - as otherwise a reference to the ICO will become
necessary.
Yours sincerely,
Ruthlyn Black
From: John Newnham
Kingston upon Thames Borough Council
12 February 2010
I am now out of the office and will return on Monday 15 February 2010.
when I will respond to my e-mails .
From: _environment@rbk.kingston.gov.uk
Kingston upon Thames Borough Council
23 February 2010
Dear Mr Black
Thank you for your email dated the 15 January 2010 concerning the above
matter. Your request for information has now been considered by Ransford
Stewart, Service Manager, Interim Strategic Planning & Sustainability and
the information we hold relating to your request is as shown below.
1. The Draft Mayors Transport Strategy (MTS) was released by the Mayor of
London and TfL were responsible for the consultation process. This was
not an RBK consultation exercise; RBK were a respondent to the
consultation. Members of the public were also invited to respond by TfL
and the Mayor.
As far as RBK are aware TfL advertised the consultation in various news
papers and on TfL and the Mayor of London***s website; although TfL may
have employed additional methods of publicising the consultation. If you
have questions regarding TfL***s consultation process please contact them
on 020 7222 5600.
2. Please refer to 1 above; if you have questions regarding TfL***s
consultation process please contact them on 020 7222 5600.
3. Please refer to 1 above; if you have questions regarding TfL***s
consultation process please contact them on 020 7222 5600.
4. Please refer to 1 above; if you have questions regarding TfL***s
consultation process please contact them on 020 7222 5600.
5. Please refer to 1 above; if you have questions regarding TfL***s
consultation process please contact them on 020 7222 5600.
6. The MTS was released by the Mayor of London and TfL were responsible
for the consultation process. RBK were not requested to comment on how
TfL should carry out the consultation process.
7. The MTS was released by the Mayor of London and TfL were responsible
for the consultation process; therefore RBK were not responsible for
cumulating and summarising the results of the consultation.
RBK does not wish to comment regarding the content of the online
questionnaire, if you have concerns with the content of the questionnaire
please contact TfL to discuss.
8. Please refer to 1 above; if you have questions regarding TfL***s
consultation process please contact them on 020 7222 5600.
9. RBK did not organise any public meetings to discuss the consultation,
however, feedback was sought from the Local Development Framework
Members*** Steering Group (a cross party group of elected members) on
RBK***s Draft response to the MST. Comments from the group were
integrated into a report outlining RBK***s proposed response; this report
went to Executive Members for approval.
Due to the limited timeframes in which RBK had to respond to the MTS,
wider consultation on RBK***s response was not practical. Elected members
were used for feedback/approval as they have been elected by RBK residents
and therefore are a representation of the views of these residents.
Members of the public were also provided an opportunity to respond
directly to TfL via TfL***s consultation process.
10. RBK did not have any meetings with TfL regarding the consultation
process. Please refer to question 9 above for further comments.
11. Please refer to 1 above; if you have questions regarding TfL***s
consultation process please contact them on 020 7222 5600.
12. - 15. Please find attached RBK***s response to the MTS consultation.
13. Please find attached RBK***s response to the MTS consultation.
14. Please find attached RBK***s response to the MTS consultation.
15. Please find attached RBK***s response to the MTS consultation.
16. Please find below a link to RBK***s response to the MTS consultation:
[1]http://moderngov.kingston.gov.uk/Publish...
RBK does not propose to make any further responses to the MTS or TfL as a
result of this enquiry.
I would hope that this reply provides you with an appropriate response to
your queries.
If you have any queries or concerns then please do not hesitate to contact
Ransford Stewart, on 0208 547 5864.
If you have any queries or concerns about the handling of your enquiry
then please contact:
Records Manager & Data Protection Officer
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
High Street
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey
KT1 1EU
Telephone 0208 547 5757
Email : [2][Kingston upon Thames Borough Council request email]
Further information on the Act is available from the Information
Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone 01625 545700
Email : [3]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
Tracy Gossington
Customer Service Advisor - Level 2
Environmental Services Contact Centre
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