February 2021 FOI 0428-21 Online Dashcam Submission Portal
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Our ref: 428/21 With regards to your online dashcam submission portal, please provide details for all submissions that were made through the portal in December 2020. Please provide the information on an excel spreadsheet broken down on a line by line basis (one line per submission) by date submitted, time of alleged offence, location of alleged offence (such as street name, town, etc) details of alleged offence (eg phone use, careless driving, close pass of cyclist etc) vehicle details (reg plate if possible, if not, make, model, colour of vehicle) and the outcome (for example NIP sent, course offered, no further action etc). Please see the attached document. Note the offence street locations may relate to more than one offence. West Yorkshire Police are unable to provide you with the vehicle registrations as this is exempt by virtue of Section 40 (2) Personal Information. Please see Appendix A, for the full legislative explanation as to why West Yorkshire Police are unable to provide the information. Appendix A The Freedom of Information Act 2000 creates a statutory right of access to information held by public authorities. A public authority in receipt of a request must, if permitted, state under Section 1(a) of the Act, whether it holds the requested information and, if held, then communicate that information to the applicant under Section 1(b) of the Act. The right of access to information is not without exception and is subject to a number of exemptions which are designed to enable public authorities, to withhold information that is unsuitable for release. Importantly the Act is designed to place information into the public domain. Information is granted to one person under the Act, it is then considered public information and must be communicated to any individual, should a request be received. DECISION Your request for information has been considered and I regret to inform you that West Yorkshire Police cannot comply. This letter serves as a Refusal Notice under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Section 17 of the Act provides: (1) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information, is to any extent relying on a claim that information is exempt information must, within the time for complying with Section 1(1), give the applicant a notice which:- (a) States the fact, (b) Specifies the exemption in question, and (c) States (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies. REASONS FOR DECISION The reason that we are unable to provide you with this information is covered by the following Exemption: Section 40 (2) Personal Information Section 40 is an absolute class based exemption therefore there is no requirement to provide evidence of harm or consider the public interest test. To disclose the information would significantly increase the risk of individuals being identified which would breach principle 1 (lawfulness, fairness and transparency) of the Data Protection Act 2018. OFF LOCATION A58 A58 Burdock Way A58 GODLEY ROAD / A58 WHITEHALL ROAD A58M Leeds Inner Ring Road A6038 A61 - HAREWOOD A61 Leeds Road, Wakefield A61 Scott Hall Road A62 Cooper Bridge A62 LEEDS ROAD A629 Denholme A629 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD CALDERDALE A629 Southgate, Huddersfield A638 Doncaster Road A638 Ossett A638 Westgate, Heckmondwike A64 York Road, Killingbeck, Leeds A641 Manchester Road, Bradford A642 WAKEFIELD ROAD GARFORTH A644 HUDDERSFIELD ROAD A647 Leeds Road, Bradford A65 Coutances Way, Ilkley A65 ILKLEY A650 Bradford Road, Shipley A653 WAKEFIELD ROAD A657 Carr Road A657 FOXES CORNER A658 NEW OTLEY ROAD, BRADFORD A659 A659 Arthington Lane A659 Collingham A659 Pool Road.