Couriers and cyclists

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) did not have the information requested.

Good afternoon,

For the time frame 01 Jan 2015 - 19 February 2018 please provide data showing how many Deliveroo and Uber Eats drivers (cyclists and motorcyclists) were pulled over by police.

Please provide this in date order, stating:
- Date and Time
- Company they worked for as per uniform/record made
- Reason for action (i.e. traffic offence/speeding/dangerous driving)
- Area of action

Yours faithfully,

Sara Spary

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear Ms Spary

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2018020000895

I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 19/02/2018.  I note you seek
access to the following information:

"For the time frame 01 Jan 2015  - 19 February 2018 please provide data
showing how many Deliveroo and Uber Eats drivers (cyclists and
motorcyclists) were pulled over by police.

Please provide this in date order, stating:
-  Date and Time
- Company they worked for as per uniform/record made
- Reason for action (i.e. traffic offence/speeding/dangerous driving)
- Area of action"

Your request will now be considered in accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (the Act).  You will receive a response within the
statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Act.  

If you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please contact
us at [email address] or on the phone at 0207 161 3500, quoting the
reference number above. Should your enquiry relate to the logging or
allocations process we will be able to assist you directly and where your
enquiry relates to other matters (such as the status of the request) we
will be able to pass on a message and/or advise you of the relevant
contact details.

Yours sincerely

R. Loizou
Support Officer - Freedom of Information Triage Team
 
COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
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Complaint

If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Information Rights Unit
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.

The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for
a decision on whether the request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.

For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at www.ico.org.uk.  Alternatively, write to or
phone:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone: 0303 123 1113

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Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)

Dear Ms Spary

Freedom of Information Request Reference No: 2018020000895

I write in connection with your request for information which was received
by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) on 19/02/2018.  I note you seek
access to the following information:

For the time frame 01 Jan 2015  - 19 February 2018 please provide data
showing how many Deliveroo and Uber Eats drivers (cyclists and
motorcyclists) were pulled over by police. Please provide this in date
order, stating: -  Date and Time - Company they worked for as per
uniform/record made - Reason for action (i.e. traffic
offence/speeding/dangerous driving) - Area of action .

SEARCHES TO LOCATE INFORMATION

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted
within the MPS.  The searches located information relevant to your
request.

DECISION

This E-mail is to inform you that it will not be possible to respond to
your request within the cost threshold.

We estimate that the cost of complying with this request would exceed the
appropriate limit. The appropriate limit has been specified in regulations
and for agencies outside central Government; this is set at £450.00.  
This represents the estimated cost of one person spending 18 hours [at a
rate of £25 per hour] in determining whether the MPS holds the
information, and locating, retrieving and extracting the information.

Once part of the request goes over cost the whole request is exempt by
virtue of section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act (the Act) and there
is no obligation to answer any part of the request therefore, In
accordance with the Act, this E-Mail acts as a Refusal Notice for the
whole of your request under Section 12 (2). Please see the Legal Annex for
all sections of the Act referred to in this E-Mail.

REASONS FOR DECISION

You have requested data on how many Deliveroo and Uber Eats drivers
(cyclists and motorcyclists) were pulled over by police for the time
period requested.

The information you have requested cannot be retrieved by searching MPS
databases. Manual searches would have to be conducted to find the
information you have requested. Such searches would exceed the cost
threshold allowed for Freedom of Information Act requests.
For us to locate this information would require us to contact over 30,000
police officers within the MPS who may have pulled over a Deliveroo Driver
or Uber Eats driver for the time period requested. This is becuase this
information isn't necassarily held on an easily seachable database and
would require each officer to read through their notebooks.
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts
as a Refusal Notice.

Section 16 of the Act provides:

(1) It shall be the duty of a public authority to provide advice and
assistance, so far as it would be reasonable to expect the authority to do
so, to persons who propose to make, or have made, requests for information
to it.

(2) Any public authority which, in relation to the provision of advice or
assistance in any case, conforms with the code of practice under section
45 is to be taken to comply with the duty imposed by subsection (1) in
relation to that case.

We are required to offer you the opportunity to redefine your request
within the cost limit.

We may be able to provide you with the number of offences committed by
delivery drivers for the time period requested subject to any exemptions
that may apply but these will bring up all delivery drivers and not just
the Deliveroo and Uber Eats drivers requested.

Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please
contact me via email at [email address], quoting the
reference number above.

Yours sincerely

Letitia Gourdon
Information Manager

LEGAL ANNEX

Section 17(5) of the Act provides:

(5) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information,
is relying on a claim that section 12 or 14 applies must, within the time
for complying with section 1(1), give the applicant a notice stating that
fact.

Section 12(1)&(2) of the Act provides:

(1) Section 1 does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request
for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with
the request would exceed the appropriate limit.

(2) Subsection (1) does not exempt the public authority from its
obligation to comply with paragraph (a) of section 1(1) unless the
estimated cost of complying with that paragraph alone would exceed the
appropriate limit.

 
COMPLAINT RIGHTS

Are you unhappy with how your request has been handled or do you think the
decision is incorrect?

You have the right to require the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to
review their decision.

Prior to lodging a formal complaint you are welcome to discuss the
response with the case officer who dealt with your request.  

Complaint

If you are dissatisfied with the handling procedures or the decision of
the MPS made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) regarding
access to information you can lodge a complaint with the MPS to have the
decision reviewed.

Complaints should be made in writing, within forty (40) working days from
the date of the refusal notice, and addressed to:

FOI Complaint
Information Rights Unit
PO Box 57192
London
SW6 1SF
[email address]

In all possible circumstances the MPS will aim to respond to your
complaint within 20 working days.

The Information Commissioner

After lodging a complaint with the MPS if you are still dissatisfied with
the decision you may make application to the Information Commissioner for
a decision on whether the request for information has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act.

For information on how to make application to the Information Commissioner
please visit their website at www.ico.org.uk.  Alternatively, write to or
phone:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Phone:  0303 123 1113

Consider our environment - please do not print this email unless
absolutely necessary.

NOTICE - This email and any attachments may be confidential, subject to
copyright and/or legal privilege and are intended solely for the use of
the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please
notify the sender and delete it from your system.  To avoid incurring
legal liabilities, you must not distribute or copy the information in this
email without the permission of the sender. MPS communication systems are
monitored to the extent permitted by law.  Consequently, any email and/or
attachments may be read by monitoring staff. Only specified personnel are
authorised to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of the MPS by
email. The MPS accepts no responsibility for unauthorised agreements
reached with other employees or agents.  The security of this email and
any attachments cannot be guaranteed. Email messages are routinely scanned
but malicious software infection and corruption of content can still occur
during transmission over the Internet. Any views or opinions expressed in
this communication are solely those of the author and do not necessarily
represent those of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

 

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