FOI 0501-2025/26- Single speed camera site
Request:
For the calendar year 1 January to 31 December 2024 in the area that falls under your jurisdiction can you please:
Q1. Identify the single speed camera site that generated the highest volume of enforcement in 2024.
a) Provide its unique identifier, precise location (road name, nearest junction, speed limit) and camera type (fixed, average speed, red-light-speed).
b) State the number of detected offences recorded by that camera in 2024.
c) If held, provide the total value of fixed penalties paid that are attributable to that camera in 2024, and the number of points endorsed.
Q2. If you do not hold revenue figures, please confirm this and, under your section 16 duty to advise and assist, indicate which public body holds them and any camera reference needed for an onward request.
Response:
Extent of Searches to Locate Information
Following receipt of your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police to locate relevant information.
Decision
I am not obliged to provide you with a response to your request pursuant to Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act). Please note that when one part of your request falls under Section 12, we are not obliged to review the rest of the questions and the whole request is therefore exempt.
Section 12(1) applies to your request as the cost of complying with your request is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond i.e. the cost of identifying and retrieving any relevant information exceeds the ‘appropriate level’ as stated in the Freedom of Information (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004.
Due to the nature of our recording systems the information requested, if held, is not in an easily retrievable format. Our information retrieval process generally relies on a computer ran report which captures any information recorded upon the surface of a record or within specified fields. Where relevant information is held deeper in the record, or outside of a specified field, a manual assessment is required to retrieve that information.
In order to retrieve the requested information for Q1c, it would be necessary to manually review each offence to establish the value of fixed penalties paid and the number of points endorsed, this would mean reading through thousands of reports, which would exceed the time limit allowed under the Act.
Pursuant to Section 17(5) of the Freedom of Information Act this letter acts as a Refusal Notice.
Pursuant to Section 16 of the Act I am required to offer you advice and assistance with regarding to refining your request to within the ‘appropriate limit’ (time/cost limit). However, due to the information provided above I am unable to suggest how you may refine your request and still receive the information within the cost threshold. If you wish to discuss this please do not hesitate to contact me.
However, as a gesture of goodwill, please see the link below which may be of interest to you in relation to the rest of your request.
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.