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Number of council-owned/operated CCTV cameras

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Good Morning 

 

Thank you for your request.

 

Can you confirm if your request is for all council owned cameras which
would include ,depots, public highway and all council buildings or does it
just relate to all council cameras that are situated on the public
highway.

 

regards 

 

CCTV Team

Date: 19/09/2024

 

 

Dear Jamie Dixon

 

 

Re: Request for Information – Number of council-owned/operated CCTV
cameras – Reference Number: FOI/13302

 

 

Thank you for your request for information, which was received by
Manchester City Council on 22/07/2024 and has been considered under the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”).

 

Your Request

 

The total number of council-owned/operated CCTV cameras as of 2024 within
your local authority area (if information 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.

 

I would like the total number of all council owned cameras, including
depots, public highway and all council buildings, not just those situated
on the public highway.

 

Our Response

 

Information from CCTV:

 

The CCTV team have confirmed they have 186 Public Space CCTV cameras,
including environmental cameras.

 

Information from the Parks team:

 

Boggart Hole Clough Lakeside Cafe - 4 cameras

Cringle Playing Fields -  5 cameras

Wythenshawe Park (Hall, Horticultural Centre, Courtyard) - 3 cameras

Heaton Park - 21 cameras

Platt Field Park - 4 cameras

 

Chorlton Water Park - 5 cameras

 

Information from Parking Services:

 

Bus Lane enforcement currently have 26 CCTV cameras and 10 Moving Traffic
Enforcement cameras.

 

There are also 6 CCTV cameras covering the Council's Vehicle Pound

 

Information from Leisure Services:

 

Please see the attached spreadsheet.

 

Information from the Art and galleries team:

 

Manchester Art Gallery - 75 cameras

Queens Park Conservation Studios - 20 cameras

Platt Hall - 14 cameras

 

Information from the Libraries team:

 

Library Number of Open Plus CCTV cameras
Forum 11
Longsight 9
Gorton 13
Withington 12
Avenue 16

 

 

Information from the Estates team:

 

The Estates team have 527 cameras for which there is a central record.

 

They also have CCTV cameras at 88 other sites across the city. There is no
central record of the amount of cameras for these 88 sites and to get this
information would take several days to collate.

 

It is estimated that the statutory cost limit of £450 (which is calculated
as being approximately 2.5 days of a council officer's time to determine
whether the Council holds the information and to locate, retrieve and
extract it) will be exceeded if the Council supplied the requested
information to you. If you require more information about the Council’s
Fees & Charges Policy, this may be downloaded
from [1]http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/script....
If you do not have internet access and require a paper copy, please let me
know.

 

The 2000 Act does not oblige the Council to comply with requests that
exceed the statutory cost limit. The Council has already provided the rest
of the details you requested which fall within the cost limit.

 

 

Re-use of information

 

 

Information about the re-use of council information is available
at [2]https://secure.manchester.gov.uk/info/10...
If you wish to re-use this information, please follow the application
process described.  Your request will be considered in accordance with the
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015.

 

Please note if you are not satisfied with this response you may ask for an
internal review. If you have received this response by email the best way
to submit a request for internal review is to respond directly to the
email, leaving the email's subject line unchanged. Alternatively, you can
contact the Council's Information Compliance Team at [3][email address] or
Democratic Services Legal Team, PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester, M60
2LA. A copy of the Council’s information rights complaints procedure can
be downloaded
from: [4]http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d....
If you do not have internet access and require a paper copy, please let me
know. 

 

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review process,
you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision.

 

You should primarily contact the Information Commissioner on the following
link:   

 

[5]www.ico.org.uk/foicomplaints

 

Alternatively the Information Commissioner can also be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Fax: 01625 524510

[6]www.ico.org.uk

 

 

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications. If you have received this response by email, please leave
the email's subject line unchanged when responding to it. 

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Hajirah Zaulifqar

Legal Officer

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