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Freedom of Information Request Case Confirmation
Your Reference HAV-FOI-349334

Thank you for your FOI Request dated 22 Jul 2024. We will try to resolve
your case by 19 Aug 2024

The details of your case are below

Subject: Number of council-owned/operated CCTV cameras

Services: CCTV Public Spaces

Your Name: - Jamie Dixon

Address:

Email: [FOI #1149381 email]

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Dear Jamie Dixon,

I am writing to acknowledge the receipt of your recent request for
information, which we received on 22 July 2024. Please know that your
email is currently under review, and we aim to provide you with a response
as promptly as possible. 

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information
Regulations 2004 allow authorities 20 working days, following the date of
receipt, in which to respond to requests. We are committed to adhering to
this timeline. 

It is important to note that the legislation outlines various exemptions
that may prevent the release of certain information. If any of these
exemptions apply to your request, we will inform you accordingly, along
with the reasons for withholding the information and your rights of
appeal. 

Additionally, please keep in mind that the legislation grants access to
information "held" by the Council, rather than for the creation of new
information or opinion. Therefore, we may only be able to provide
documents or data containing the information we hold in response to your
request. 

In some cases, there may be a fee associated with supplying the requested
information. If applicable, we will calculate this fee and inform you
accordingly. In this event, any fee must be paid before the information is
released. 

If you have any questions or concerns about your request, please don't
hesitate to reach out to us by responding to this email. We're here to
assist you throughout this process. 

For further information regarding Access to Information, you can also
contact the Office of the Information Commissioner at the following
address: 

Office of the Information Commissioner 

Wycliffe House 

Water Lane 

Wilmslow 

Cheshire 

SK9 5AF 

Telephone: 0303 123 1113 

Website: [1]www.ico.org.uk  

Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work through your
request. 

Yours sincerely, 

Farhana Bokth | Triage & Research Officer

London Borough of Havering | Customer Insight, Information &
Investigations Team

Town Hall, Main Road, Romford, RM1 3BB

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Dear Jamie Dixon

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 . Your request has been considered, and the response
is as follows: 

┌──────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │The total number of council-owned/operated CCTV cameras as │
│ │of 2024, within your local authority area (if information │
│Question 1│for 2024 is not yet available, please provide the most │
│ │up-to-date numbers). I do not need the location of these │
│ │CCTV cameras, just a total number of CCTV cameras currently │
│ │in operation within your local authority area.  │
├──────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ │In the Public realm (Town Centres) and housing estates we │
│ │manage 360 cameras. │
│ │ │
│ │There are also 100 cameras over the two new housing schemes │
│ │that have just been built but have not yet been adopted so │
│ │in total that equates to 460 cameras. │
│ │ │
│Response │This figure does not include TFL traffic cameras, ULEZ │
│ │cameras as these are managed and maintained by TFL. │
│ │ │
│ │This does also not include Police owned deployable cameras. │
│ │ │
│ │This does also not include traffic and parking contravention│
│ │cameras. │
│ │ │
│ │Exceeds appropriate limit in part, please see below. │
└──────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Under Section 12 (1) of the Act, the Council is not obliged to comply with
a request for information, where it is estimated that the cost of
complying with that request would exceed the ‘appropriate costs limit’.
The Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004
currently sets this limit at £450. These estimated costs are calculated at
a rate of £25 per person per hour and amount to 18 hours work.  

Some of the requested information is not held centrally and in order to
locate any information that may be held, the request would need to go to
each individual service area within the Council which is at least 25 in
order for an officer to go through and interrogate records relating to
this subject. Therefore, we are unable to disclose the information you are
seeking and will not be processing your request further.

You may wish to refine and resubmit your request so that it reduces the
cost to within the 'appropriate limit'.

We apologise your request cannot be met in full and trust the information
is of use to you, we now consider you request closed.

If you are dissatisfied with how your request has been handled, you have
the right to request an internal review within 2 months. You can do this
by responding to this email, please do not change the subject line.
Alternatively you can write in to the following postal address: 

Customer Insight, Information & Investigations Team 

London Borough of Havering 

Town Hall 

Main Road 

Romford 

RM1 3BD 

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner at the
following address: 

Office of the Information Commissioner 

Wycliffe House 

Water Lane 

Wilmslow 

Cheshire 

SK9 5AF 

Telephone: 0303 123 1113 

Website: [1]www.ico.org.uk  

Yours sincerely, 

Mary Norman | Resolution and Response Officer | Customer Insight,
Information and Investigations Team

London Borough of Havering 

Town Hall, Main Road, Romford, RM1 3BB

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