Use Of Royal Parks By Private Hire Vehicles/Mini Cabs

P DOYLE made this Freedom of Information request to Transport for London

The request was partially successful.

From: P DOYLE

5 February 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I would be grateful for copies of all correspondence that The
Public Carriage Office and/or Transport for London have been
engaged in, in relation to the use of The Royal Parks by Private
Hire Vehicles and Mini Cabs.

Yours faithfully,

P Doyle

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From: P DOYLE

7 March 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I have not received a response at all to my Freedom Of Information
request dated 5 February 2009 and would like an urgent response as
by law you you should have responded by now.

Yours sincerely,

P DOYLE

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From: P DOYLE

14 March 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Transport for
London's handling of my FOI request 'Use Of Royal Parks By Private
Hire Vehicles/Mini Cabs'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/us...

Yours sincerely,

P DOYLE

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From: Crowson Darren (PCO)
Transport for London

18 March 2009

Dear P Doyle,

Thank you for your email dated 7 March 2009 regarding a request for
information dated 5 February 2009.

I'm afriad I can find no record of your original request being received by
this office and so no response has been issued. However, I've checked on
the WhatDoTheyKnow.com? website and can see that you are shown as
requesting copies of all correspondence between Transport for London and
the Royal Parks regarding the subject of allowing private hire vehicles to
use the Royal Parks roads.

I'll collate the correspondence held and send a copy of this to you at the
earliest opportunity, if in the meantime you have any questions regarding
this please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards

Darren Crowson
Public Carriage Office
15 Penton Street
Islington
London
N1 9PU
Tel: 020 7126 1872
Fax: 020 7126 1898

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From: FOI
Transport for London

20 March 2009

Dear P Doyle

Thank you for your e-mail of 14 March 2009 in which you requested an
internal review of your Freedom of Information request. Your e-mail has
been passed to TfL's Information Access & Compliance Team (IACT), which is
responsible for the internal review process. Please accept my apologies
for the delay in this response.

To help me organise a review I would be grateful if would let me know to
which address you sent your original request. Having conducted a search of
our correspondence system I can find no record of TfL having received it.
In the meantime your request is being considered and a response will be
provided as soon as possible.

I hope this information is of assistance. Please contact me if you would
like to discuss this matter further.

Kind regards

Matthew Towey | Compliance Adviser
Information Access & Compliance Team | Corporate Governance | Transport
for London

5th Floor, Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL
T: 020 7126 3063/ auto 63063

From: P DOYLE [mailto:[FOI #7712 email]]

Sent: 14 March 2009 10:20

To: Enquire (TfL)

Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Use Of Royal
Parks By Private Hire Vehicles/Mini Cabs

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of

Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Transport for

London's handling of my FOI request 'Use Of Royal Parks By Private

Hire Vehicles/Mini Cabs'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is

available on the Internet at this address:

[1]http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/us...

Yours sincerely,

P DOYLE

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From: Crowson Darren (PCO)
Transport for London

1 April 2009

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Dear Mrs Doyle,

I write with reference to your request for a copy of correspondence
regarding use of the Royal Parks by licensed private hire vehicles. I can
confirm that Transport for London (TfL) does hold the information you have
requested and your request has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act.

Attached are copies of the correspondence regarding use of the Royal Parks
by licensed private hire vehicles.

I've also attached a copy of the consultation document and the impact
assessment.

TfL is not obliged to supply some of the information you have requested,
as it is subject to the following statutory exemption to the right of
access to information:

. Section 41, Information Provided in Confidence

This information is legal advice obtained by the Royal Parks regarding the
use of the Royal Parks by motor vehicles. TfL is applying this exemption
because when the Royal Parks passed this information to TfL it was in
confidence and furthermore the advice is confidential in nature and
disclosure of this would constitute and actionable breach of confidence.

The use of this exemption is subject to an assessment of the public
interest in relation to the disclosure of the information concerned. It is
accepted that there is public interest in the use of the Royal Parks by
motor vehicles and information regarding this. However, a public
consultation on this subject is now being held providing all members of
the public with an interest in this issue the opportunity to submit their
opinion to the Royal Parks. The background and proposed changes are
provided in the consultation document, a copy of this document can be
found on the Royal Parks website ([1]www.royalparks.org.uk) and is
attached to this email.

Furthermore the Royal Parks shared this information with TfL on the
understanding that it would not be disclosed to third parties and to do so
would be a breach of confidence and may result in organisations being
unwilling to share information with TfL in the future and hindering TfL's
ability to work with organisations.

Any copyright in the material provided with this response is owned by TfL
or one of its subsidiary companies unless otherwise stated. The disclosure
of information does not give the person or organisation who receives it an
automatic right to re-use it in a way that would infringe copyright (for
example, by making multiple copies, publishing and issuing copies to the
public). Brief extracts of the material may be reproduced under the fair
dealing provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998
(sections 29 and 30) for the purposes of research for non-commercial
purposes, private study, criticism, review and news reporting.

If you are dissatisfied with the way TfL has handled your information
request, you can ask us to conduct an internal review of our decision.

The internal review will be conducted by someone other than the person who
made the original decision, in accordance with the complaints procedure
published on our website at [2]www.tfl.gov.uk/foi.

Requests for internal review should be addressed to:

Head of Information Access and Compliance
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If, following the internal review, you remain dissatisfied with the way
TfL has handled your request, then you can take your complaint to:

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

A complaint form is available on the Information Commissioner's Office
website [3]www.ico.gov.uk.

Regards

Darren Crowson
Public Carriage Office
15 Penton Street
Islington
London
N1 9PU
Tel: 020 7126 1872
Fax: 020 7126 1898

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From: FOI
Transport for London

2 April 2009

Dear P Doyle

I refer to my e-mail of 20 March 2009 concerning your request for an
internal review. I understand that a response to your request has now been
sent. If you still wish for a review to be conducted I would grateful if
you would let me know and also provide the information requested in my
e-mail; namely the address to which you sent your original request.

Kind regards

Matthew Towey | Compliance Adviser
Information Access & Compliance Team | Corporate Governance | Transport
for London

5th Floor, Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL
T: 020 7126 3063/ auto 63063

From: FOI
Sent: 20 March 2009 14:26
To: '[FOI #7712 email]'
Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Use Of Royal
Parks By Private Hire Vehicles/Mini Cabs

Dear P Doyle

Thank you for your e-mail of 14 March 2009 in which you requested an
internal review of your Freedom of Information request. Your e-mail has
been passed to TfL's Information Access & Compliance Team (IACT), which is
responsible for the internal review process. Please accept my apologies
for the delay in this response.

To help me organise a review I would be grateful if would let me know to
which address you sent your original request. Having conducted a search of
our correspondence system I can find no record of TfL having received it.
In the meantime your request is being considered and a response will be
provided as soon as possible.

I hope this information is of assistance. Please contact me if you would
like to discuss this matter further.

Kind regards

Matthew Towey | Compliance Adviser
Information Access & Compliance Team | Corporate Governance | Transport
for London

5th Floor, Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL
T: 020 7126 3063/ auto 63063

From: P DOYLE [mailto:[FOI #7712 email]]

Sent: 14 March 2009 10:20

To: Enquire (TfL)

Subject: Internal review of Freedom of Information request - Use Of Royal
Parks By Private Hire Vehicles/Mini Cabs

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of

Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Transport for

London's handling of my FOI request 'Use Of Royal Parks By Private

Hire Vehicles/Mini Cabs'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is

available on the Internet at this address:

[1]http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/us...

Yours sincerely,

P DOYLE

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