In message , at 10:02:49 on
Mon, 21 Dec 2015, Jarle Hammen Knudsen remarked:
TfL estiamtes they are spending approximately £1.1m to answer the
circa 2,500 FOI requests they receive per year.

Funds better spent elsewhere?

I believe the FOI mechanism is important.

Perhaps they should analyse the topics being asked about and publish
more material proactively, thus reducing the load on their FOI team.

That's actually one of the objectives of the FOI mechanism.
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Roland Perry