Dear Mr Thomson

TfL Ref: FOI-0488-2223

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 30
May 2022.

We will aim to issue a response by 28 June 2022 in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy.

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In the meantime, if you would like to discuss this matter further, please
do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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Dear Mr Thomson

TfL Ref: FOI-0488-2223

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 30
May 2022, asking for information about Jubilee Line recordings.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can
confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked:

• Can you please confirm who the voiceover artist is who does these new
announcements for Canning Town on the Jubilee Line 1996 stock?

The new Canning Town voice artist is Emma Clarke, the same person that
records for the Bakerloo and Victoria lines.

• Can you please attach these new recordings sound files for the Canning
Town announcements used on the Jubilee Line 1996 stock?

• I have also noticed at Canary Wharf and Stratford there are change here
for the "Elizabeth Line" announcements voiced by Celia Drummond who is the
usual voice. So it seems that these must have been recorded before she
recently died. Would you be able to kindly attach these new recordings
sound files too?

You will received an email separately that provides a link to the
requested audio announcements. Please note that all of the audio
announcements across the full TfL network that we are currently able to
provide access to are accessible via this site. However, please be aware
that many of the audio announcements that can be heard across the network
are actually made up of smaller, fragmented recordings which are then
combined for the purposes of public announcements so there will be some
instances where full recordings of specific stop/station names, numbers or
locations are not held.

Please also be aware that we are unable to provide full access to audio
announcements across the entire London Underground network because of
contractual prohibitions on disclosure which means these are exempt from
disclosure in accordance with section 43(2) of the FOI Act. We do not
consider it in the public interest to breach these contractual obligations
for the purposes of disclosure given that there is limited wider public
interest in this material to support that. Those that we are able to
provide can be found at the link provided.

Lastly, we intend to update these files on a six monthly basis and so any
newer recordings - such as those held in relation to the Elizabeth Line -
will be uploaded as part of this pre-determined schedule, rather than in
response to specific FOI requests. This is to ensure our resources can be
managed effectively. Therefore, if you are aware of newer recordings that
have been created that are not yet uploaded, we would appreciate your
patience with this as requests for these recordings will be refused under
section 22 of the FOI Act on the basis that there is a pre-existing
intention to publish these in accordance with our publication schedule. We
would therefore encourage you to wait for this upload rather than submit
requests for recordings in this way. To confirm, these updates are
expected to occur around January and July of each year.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable
to access it for any reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to
appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would
like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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