Broken CCTV cameras
Dear Oxford City Council,
I am requesting the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If any information is unavailable, exempt, or beyond time/cost limits, please disregard these and provide the rest.
1. Total number of CCTV cameras in public spaces (e.g., streets, parks, car parks) operated by the council at any point during the 2023 calendar year.
2. Number of faulty or out-of-operation CCTV cameras: The number of CCTV cameras in public spaces that were broken, faulty, or out of operation for any period during the 2023 calendar year. Please provide the total number of cameras affected and, if possible, the total duration (in days) they were out of operation.
3. Expenditure on CCTV cameras: The total amount spent on installing and maintaining CCTV cameras in public spaces during the 2023 calendar year. If available, please break this down into installation and maintenance costs.
Please let me know if you require further clarification or have any questions.
Thanks,
Jamie Dixon
Dear Jamie Dixon
Freedom of Information Request, Oxford City Council - Reference:
FOI2024/01081
Thank you for your email. Your request was received on 1 October 2024 and
you will be sent a response by 29th October in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000/ Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR),
subject to the information not being exempt or containing reference to a
third party.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX
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Dear Jamie Dixon
Please find below a response to your request for information received on 1
October.
1. Total number of CCTV cameras in public spaces (e.g., streets, parks,
car parks) operated by the council at any point during the 2023 calendar
year.
87 cameras (this includes the Covered Market of 24 cameras).
2. Number of faulty or out-of-operation CCTV cameras: The number of CCTV
cameras in public spaces that were broken, faulty, or out of operation for
any period during the 2023 calendar year. Please provide the total number
of cameras affected and, if possible, the total duration (in days) they
were out of operation.
One camera for a full year,one camera approximately half a year.
3. Expenditure on CCTV cameras: The total amount spent on installing and
maintaining CCTV cameras in public spaces during the 2023 calendar year.
If available, please break this down into installation and maintenance
costs.
Maintenance and fibre optics = £17,373.34.
Electrical costs still being negotiated.
New Cameras x3 = £17,450.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Team | Law and Governance | Oxford City Council |
Town Hall | St Aldate's | Oxford | OX1 1BX
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