Bollard Damage

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Dear City of London Police Authority,

I am looking to gain three things please- In the last year ( August 2017-August 2018) :

1) The number of people people who have tried to claim on their car insurance when they have hit a bollard- In a car park, drive-thru or in everyday life in general.

2) What was their excuse when they tried to get insurance for this

3) How many people have told the council they have hit a bollard

*I don’t need names/ figures and quotes please

I appreciate this might not be data you hold- but if you have anything around this that would be very useful please,

Yours faithfully,
Becky Gaskell

COL-EB-InformationOfficer, City of London Police Authority

Dear Ms Gaskell,
 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 (FOIA) – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
 
The City of London (CoL) acknowledges receipt of your request for
information of 14 August 2018, below.
 
Public authorities are required to respond to requests within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days beginning from the first working
day after they receive a request. The Act does not always require public
authorities to disclose the information which they hold.
 
The FOIA applies to the CoL as a local authority, police authority and
port health authority. The CoL is the local and police authority for the
“Square Mile”, ie the historic City of London, and not for London as a
whole. Please see the following page containing a link to a map (‘Explore
the City’), which shows the local authority area covered by the CoL:
[1]https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/maps/Pag....
 
The CoL does have some functions, including Port Health Authority
functions, which extend beyond the City boundary. For further information
please see: [2]www.cityoflondon.gov.uk.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Information Officer
Comptroller & City Solicitor’s Department
City of London
Tel: 020-7332 1209
[3]www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
 
 
 

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DBE - Information, City of London Police Authority

Dear Ms Gaskell,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 (FOIA) - INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Following your request for information of 14 August 2018, and our
acknowledgement of 15 August 2018, the City of London (CoL) responds as
follows.

 

 1. In accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA, the CoL confirms that
it does not hold information on people trying to claim on their car
insurance when they have hit a bollard- In a car park, drive-thru or
in everyday life in general.

 

 2. Please see response to question 1.

 

 3. Members of the public are able to contact the CoL to report damage to
bollards. They are not required to give other details. Therefore, in
accordance with section 1(1)(a) of the FOIA, the CoL confirms that it
does not hold this information.

 

Please note that the CoL is the local authority and police authority for
the ‘Square Mile’ only, ie the historic City of London, and not for London
as a whole, ie ‘Greater London’, which is administered by the City of
Westminster and over 30 London boroughs, with the Greater London Authority
(GLA) having some overarching responsibilities. Please see the following
link to a map on the CoL's website, which shows the local and police
authority area covered by the CoL:

[1]http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/maps/Page...

 

In addition, the CoL as a local authority and police authority is legally
a separate body from the City of London Police for the purpose of
compliance with the FOIA. In addition, please note that the City of London
Police is the Police Force for the Square Mile. Beyond this, the
Metropolitan Police Force (commonly referred to as ‘the MET’) is the
Police Force for the rest of London (‘Greater London’). The rest of
England is covered by various other police forces.

 

In so far as you require the information for the “Square Mile”, you may
wish to contact the City of London Police. The FOI email address for the
City of London Police is:

[2][email address]

Further information can be found at:

[3]http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPo....

 

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authority and port health authority.

 

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Yours sincerely,

 

 

Performance & Standards Team

Department of the Built Environment

Phone      020 7606 3030

[7]www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

 

 

 

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