Penalty charge notices issued by CCTV at Stonecot Hill, Sutton
Dear Sir or Madam,
Regarding the CCTV camera which you operate on the Red Route adjacent to 29 Stonecot Hill, Sutton SM3 9HH, please could you send me:
1. A spreadsheet of the number of PCNs issued by this camera, broken down by month and by contravention code, since the camera started operating. The spreadsheet should comprise a grid with contravention codes along one side, months/years along the other and a quantity in each cell for the number of PCNs issued in that month for that contravention code.
2. A spreadsheet of the number of PCNs issued by this camera, broken down by month and by operator, since the camera started operating. There is no need to identify the operators by name, a number or other unique identifier will be sufficient. The spreadsheet should comprise a grid with operator IDs along one side, months/years along the other and a quantity in each cell for the number of PCNs issued by that operator in that month.
3. A copy of your guidance to and/or policy for camera operators.
Please could you send this information by email. Spreadsheets should be in Excel or OpenOffice format.
If you are unable to complete any part of this request, please do what you can and contact me to clarify the remainder.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Adrian Short
Our Ref: 1004649624/GH
Date: 25 September 2009
Dear Mr Short
Thank you for your email received by TfL on 27 August 2009. You asked for
information about the CCTV camera adjacent to 29 Stonecot Hill, Sutton.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act. TfL is unable to provide details of all PCNs which have
been generated by a specific camera, however, we do record the amount of
PCNs which have been generated at a specific location.
The attached spreadsheet provides details of all the PCNs issued at the
various locations on Stonecot Hill along with details of the relevant
camera operator. Please note, there are two tabs and the tables are pivot
tables so the information can be filtered by location.
In respect of Question 3 regarding policy advice for TfL’s camera
operators, there are numerous policies and procedures which our camera
operators follow. In order for us to provide you with the most useful
information, please could you clarify the information you require.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable
to access it for some reason, please contact Gilmore Barrett,
Correspondence Support Manager – London Streets, on [1][email address] .
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
Patricia Mitchell
Head of Customer Services
Transport for London
Surface Transport Communications
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Dear enquiries (ST) - Legacy,
Thank you for your response and request for clarification.
Presuming that the camera operators and traffic wardens on the street are two distinct groups of people, can you separate the PCNs issued by each group at the given location so it's clear which ones were issued by operators of that camera?
Regarding the policy advice for camera operators, please send everything you think may be relevant and I'll ignore anything that doesn't interest me. As a guide, please send me every document that a new camera operator would be expected to read before starting to operate a camera to issue PCNs.
Yours sincerely,
Adrian Short
Thank you for your email. We can now confirm that this has been
received.
For further information about the Surface Transport Complaints and
Feedback Policy including timescales, please see
[1]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tf...
Problems with roadworks or other street faults? In support of the Mayor’s
Streetworks Code of Conduct to help cut congestion, please report these
issues by visiting
[2]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/reportas...
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Our ref: 1005831685/GH
Date: 22.02.2010
Dear Mr Short
Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 22
January 2010. You asked for information about Penalty Charge Notices
(PCNs) issued on Stonecot Hill and policy advice for camera operators.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act and I can confirm that TfL does hold the information you
require.
All PCNs at Stonecot Hill were camera issued.
Please find attached the relevant documents with regard to policy advice
to camera operators. Some of the documentation makes reference to NCP,
this organisation is now known as NSL.
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable
to access it for some reason, please contact Gilmore Barrett,
Correspondence Support Manager – London Streets, at [1][email address] .
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
Patricia Mitchell
Head of Customer Services
Transport for London
Surface Transport Communications & Engagement
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Original Text
From: [2][FOI #17411 email]
To: enquiries( ST) - Legacy
CC:
Sent: 21.01.10 18:55:34
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Penalty charge notices
issued by CCTV at Stonecot Hill, Sutton
Dear enquiries (ST) - Legacy,
Thank you for your response and request for clarification.
Presuming that the camera operators and traffic wardens on the
street are two distinct groups of people, can you separate the PCNs
issued by each group at the given location so it's clear which ones
were issued by operators of that camera?
Regarding the policy advice for camera operators, please send
everything you think may be relevant and I'll ignore anything that
doesn't interest me. As a guide, please send me every document that
a new camera operator would be expected to read before starting to
operate a camera to issue PCNs.
Yours sincerely,
Adrian Short
References
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2. mailto:[foi%20#17411%20email]
Dear enquiries (ST) - Legacy,
There is only one CCTV camera on Stonecot Hill. It wasn't clear from your first response that the PCN figures you sent were from wardens and camera operators or just from camera operators. Thank you for clarifying this.
The other material about the CCTV operators' guidance is perfectly adequate.
Thank you for answering this request in full.
Yours sincerely,
Adrian Short
Thank you for your email. We can now confirm that this has been
received.
For further information about the Surface Transport Complaints and
Feedback Policy including timescales, please see
[1]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tf...
Problems with roadworks or other street faults? In support of the Mayor’s
Streetworks Code of Conduct to help cut congestion, please report these
issues by visiting
[2]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/reportas...
References
Visible links
1. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tf...
2. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/reportas...
Barry Moss, Sr. left an annotation ()
It appears the LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON are not registered with the Information Commissioners Office for the processing of data using CCTV for the enforcement of parking, it would appear that Sutton have committed a criminal offence by not registering and breached Principle 1 and 1.1 of the DPA insofar as that they will have passed data to various agencies including DVLA, PATAS and Traffic Enforcement Centre, amongst others.
See the link for Sutton's registered purposes at the ICO and put in a global search for CCTV, you will find only one entry, then try searching for parking and you will find NONE.
http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/DoSear...
This link below is for searching for any Borough under the Jurisdiction of the ICO.
http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/Search...
Good luck
Barry bmoss@ntlworld.com
Kevin Lawrence left an annotation ()
LB Croydon - Croydon Council have covered themselves - see Purpose 15 at this weblink:
The council makes extensive use of CCTV for traffic and parking enforcement, and rakes in the cash from the harshest stringent enforcement of masses of technical contraventions of confusing regulations they themselves create.
http://www.ico.gov.uk/ESDWebPages/DoSear...
Purpose 15
Method 2
Data Controllers further description of Purpose:
ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS INCLUDING PARKING
Data subjects are:
Staff including volunteers, agents, temporary and casual workers
Customers and clients
Suppliers
Offenders and suspected offenders
Data classes are:
Personal Details
Financial Details
Goods or Services Provided
OFFENCE DETAILS INCLUDING CCTV DETAILS
Sources (S) and Disclosures (D)(1984 Act). Recipients (1998 Act):
Data subjects themselves
Employees and agents of the data controller
Suppliers, providers of goods or services
Persons making an enquiry or complaint
Debt collection and tracing agencies
Police forces
Local Government
Central Government
Data processors
Transfers:
None outside the European Economic Area
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