FOI 0252-2025/26 Safety Camera Guidance
Request
Q1. What is / is there a code of practice for were safety camera vans can park, applicable to North Yorkshire police or is this national guidance?
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.
I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.
Q1. North Yorkshire Police follows guidance issued by the Department for Transport (DfT). A copy of the guidance is available on the Gov.uk website using the below link:
As such, this information is exempt from disclosure pursuant to Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) on the basis that it is reasonably accessible by other means.
Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.
Section 21 – Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means
Section 21 is an absolute class based exemption and I am not required to consider the harm or public interest when applying this exemption.
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.