FOI request detail

Number of transport warrants issued to bailiffs from 2014-2017

Request ID: FOI-0215-1920
Date published: 07 May 2019

You asked

Hi, we are looking for number of transport warrants / liability orders issued by TFL for that were passed to bailiff companies. Please can we get this data for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 By transport warrants we refer to non payment of parking fines, congestion charge, etc)

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-0215-1920

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 18 April 2019.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.  I can confirm we hold some of the information you require. You asked for:

We are looking for number of transport warrants / liability orders issued by TFL for that were passed to bailiff companies. Please can we get this data for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. By transport warrants we refer to non payment of parking fines, congestion charge, etc)

We can only provide information relating to Penalty Charge Notices issued since 1 April 2016. This is because, as a result of our move to a new enforcement processing system in 2016, we do not hold data prior to this date.

Between 1 April and 31 December 2016, we issued 184,831 warrants to our contracted Enforcement Agencies.

In 2017, we issued 246,389 warrants to our contracted Enforcement Agencies.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Officer

Information Governance

Transport For London

Hi, we are looking for number of transport warrants / liability orders issued by TFL for that were passed to bailiff companies. Please can we get this data for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

By transport warrants we refer to non payment of parking fines, congestion charge, etc)

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