School Streets Initiatives

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Customer Service Team

The Royal Borough of Kingston 

London Borough of Sutton 

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Reference: FOI-259961544
Date of request: 12/10/2020
Title of request: School Streets information

Dear [Name Removed],

Thank you for your information request.

Your request is being considered and, if it is held, you will receive the
information requested subject to the information not being exempt or
containing a reference to a third party.The Council is facing
unprecedented challenges during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Whilst we take our statutory duties very seriously we ask for your
understanding that we may not be able to respond to your request within
the statutory timescale. Thank you for your cooperation.

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print, etc. then please let us know. We normally provide the information
via email unless you tell us otherwise.

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prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an
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information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the
case, including your rights of appeal.

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Please be advised that in line with London Borough of Sutton's commitment
to transparency, in due course an anonymous copy of your request and our
response may be published on our website.

Yours sincerely,

Customer Care Team

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Dear [Name Removed],

Reference: FOI-259961544
Date of request: 12/10/2020
Title of request: School Streets information
Request details:
Please could you tell me:
a) How many School Streets there are currently in your local authority
area?
b) How much has been spent on School Streets initiatives in the last three
financial years?
c) How many school streets are currently in planning phase (for example,
plans have been drawn up or budget has been bid for, for example, via the
DfT's Emergency Active Travel Fund)?

For the avoidance of doubt, a School Street is a road outside a school
with a temporary restriction on motorised traffic at school drop-off and
pick-up times. The restriction applies to school traffic and through
traffic. Local authorities have powers to use traffic management orders to
turn a road outside a school into a pedestrian and cycle zone.

Dear [Name Removed],

Re: REF: FOI-259961544

I am responding to the Freedom of Information request you have submitted
concerning:

Information requested

Please could you tell me:

Question:
a) How many School Streets there are currently in your local authority
area?

Response:

There are 13 are currently in operation

Question:
b) How much has been spent on School Streets initiatives in the last three
financial years?

Response:

As of 24 November 2020 approximately £127k

Question:
c) How many school streets are currently in planning phase (for example,
plans have been drawn up or budget has been bid for, for example, via the
DfT's Emergency Active Travel Fund)?.

Response:

None are currently planned for launch in 2020/21

I hope that this information meets your requirements. I would like to
assure you that we have provided you with all relevant information that
the Sutton council holds.

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent
internal review of our handling of your request by submitting a complaint
within two months to [email address] quoting reference FOI-259961544. If
you ask for an internal review, it would be helpful if you could say why
you are dissatisfied with the response.

As part of any internal review the Department’s handling of your
information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in
providing you with this response. If you remain dissatisfied after this
internal review, you would have a right of complaint to the Information
Commissioner:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Yours Sincerely,

Street Space Team

Yours sincerely,

Customer Care Team

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