Request ID: FOI-0235-2223 Date published: 31 May 2022
You asked
1. How many times has TfL paid the Ultra Low Emission Zone charge as a result of non-ULEZ-compliant vehicles owned by, leased by or otherwise under the stewardship of TfL entering the ULEZ since the zone’s introduction in April 2019? Please break this data down by calendar month and year if possible. Please also indicate how many vehicles TfL has registered with Transport for London's Auto Pay system, if possible.
2. Since the introduction of the ULEZ in April 2019, how many times have non-ULEZ-compliant vehicles owned by, leased by or otherwise under the stewardship of TfL incurred penalty charges for entering the ULEZ without the ULEZ fee being paid? Please break this data down by calendar month and year if possible. Please also indicate, if possible, what the average cost of a penalty charge was.
3. If possible, please tell me: since November 2019, how many times have vehicles owned by, leased by or otherwise under the stewardship of TfL incurred a penalty charge for driving on a road that a Low Traffic Neighbourhood prohibits it from using? Please break this data down by calendar month and year if possible. Please also indicate, if possible, what the average cost of a penalty charge was.
4. If possible, please tell me: how many Penalty Charge Notices (issued for any reason) have been incurred by vehicles owned by, leased by or otherwise under the stewardship of TfL since January 2017. Please break this data down by calendar month and year if possible. Please also indicate, if possible, what the average cost of these penalty charges was. Please also tell me, if possible, what the top five most common reasons were for these Penalty Charge Notice being issued, providing the total number of PCNs for each of these five reasons.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-0235-2223
Thank you for your request received on 4 May 2022 asking for information about road usage charges incurred by TfL vehicles. 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 do hold the information you require. You asked: How many times has TfL paid the Ultra Low Emission Zone charge as a result of non-ULEZ-compliant vehicles owned by, leased by or otherwise under the stewardship of TfL entering the ULEZ since the zone’s introduction in April 2019? Please break this data down by calendar month and year if possible. Please also indicate how many vehicles TfL has registered with Transport for London's Auto Pay system, if possible. Please see the table below for the current size of the TfL vehicle fleet:
Car
169
HGV Rigid
32
HGV Tractor Unit
5
Van
793
Grand Total
999
All vehicles are registered on the AutoPay scheme for Congestion and Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). The fleet size has not changed since the introduction of the ULEZ in 2019. The table below details the entries into the ULEZ by non-compliant Vehicles, by Month (total entries 1311):
Year
Month
ULEZ Entries
2019
April
275
2019
May
151
2019
June
95
2019
July
121
2019
August
114
2019
September
83
2019
October
112
2019
November
88
2019
December
47
2020
January
43
2020
February
28
2020
March
6
2020
April
0
2020
May
3
2020
June
6
2020
July
5
2020
August
4
2020
September
6
2020
October
7
2020
November
5
2020
December
6
2021
January
0
2021
February
1
2021
March
2
2021
April
5
2021
May
5
2021
June
5
2021
July
4
2021
August
11
2021
September
9
2021
October
11
2021
November
17
2021
December
9
2022
January
9
2022
February
10
2022
March
8
Please note that the only non-compliant vehicle entering the ULEZ regularly is used by the London Transport Museum to occasionally move stock and items between the Depot at Acton and the Museum in Covent Garden. There are also other non-compliant heritage vehicles within the Museum collection - Battle Bus, the first Routemaster etc, which might occasionally be driven for exhibition purposes. Since the introduction of the ULEZ in April 2019, how many times have non-ULEZ-compliant vehicles owned by, leased by or otherwise under the stewardship of TfL incurred penalty charges for entering the ULEZ without the ULEZ fee being paid? Please break this data down by calendar month and year if possible. Please also indicate, if possible, what the average cost of a penalty charge was. No ULEZ penalty charge notices (PCNs) have been received, as all TfL vehicles are registered on the AutoPay scheme. If possible, please tell me: since November 2019, how many times have vehicles owned by, leased by or otherwise under the stewardship of TfL incurred a penalty charge for driving on a road that a Low Traffic Neighbourhood prohibits it from using? Please break this data down by calendar month and year if possible. Please also indicate, if possible, what the average cost of a penalty charge was. No Low Traffic Neighbourhood PCNs have been received. If possible, please tell me: how many Penalty Charge Notices (issued for any reason) have been incurred by vehicles owned by, leased by or otherwise under the stewardship of TfL since January 2017. Please break this data down by calendar month and year if possible. Please also indicate, if possible, what the average cost of these penalty charges was. Please also tell me, if possible, what the top five most common reasons were for these Penalty Charge Notice being issued, providing the total number of PCNs for each of these five reasons. Please note that where PCNs have been incurred because of blatant disregard of requirements they are passed to the individual driver and not paid for by TfL. TfL will only pay for a PCN if it is not otherwise possible and if the PCN was as a result of unavoidable working requirements. We will also appeal PCNs where they appear to have been incorrectly or inappropriately issued (for example, London Buses vehicles required to maintain bus stops penalised for parking at a bus stop). For example, in 2021, we received a total of 740 PCNs, of which 84 (11%) were subsequently appealed and cancelled, 351 (48%) were paid for by the drivers and 305 (41%) were paid for by TfL. Please see the table below for the total PCNs received (for any reason) since January 2017:
Year
Month
Total PCNs Received
Appeal Successful and Cancelled
Driver Paid
TfL Paid
2017
January
45
8
19
18
2017
February
53
17
24
12
2017
March
43
18
14
11
2017
April
41
7
26
8
2017
May
50
13
20
17
2017
June
61
22
26
13
2017
July
57
15
19
23
2017
August
58
30
15
13
2017
September
55
18
20
17
2017
October
55
10
26
19
2017
November
41
6
28
7
2017
December
44
11
21
12
2018
January
52
8
29
15
2018
February
50
12
14
24
2018
March
55
14
25
16
2018
April
61
15
28
18
2018
May
47
7
24
16
2018
June
38
8
19
11
2018
July
41
10
19
12
2018
August
58
7
31
20
2018
September
39
10
23
6
2018
October
45
8
24
13
2018
November
63
10
32
21
2018
December
44
8
23
13
2019
January
57
13
28
16
2019
February
49
16
16
17
2019
March
73
10
43
20
2019
April
51
16
21
14
2019
May
77
18
27
32
2019
June
39
7
23
9
2019
July
42
7
23
12
2019
August
45
5
17
23
2019
September
42
4
21
17
2019
October
59
17
20
22
2019
November
43
10
25
8
2019
December
38
7
19
12
2020
January
49
5
23
21
2020
February
40
6
17
17
2020
March
34
10
9
15
2020
April
25
4
13
8
2020
May
16
0
10
6
2020
June
58
7
28
23
2020
July
40
3
21
16
2020
August
42
12
15
15
2020
September
62
10
35
17
2020
October
59
10
35
14
2020
November
63
9
26
28
2020
December
35
4
22
9
2021
January
27
1
18
8
2021
February
58
12
25
21
2021
March
64
6
27
31
2021
April
68
7
36
25
2021
May
82
7
36
39
2021
June
69
8
40
21
2021
July
76
12
43
21
2021
August
68
11
23
34
2021
September
62
10
25
27
2021
October
60
0
31
29
2021
November
59
5
24
30
2021
December
47
5
23
19
2022
January
55
14
18
23
2022
February
48
11
22
15
2022
March
46
4
25
16
The top five contravention reasons are listed in the table below:
Contravention
Count
Failing to comply with a prohibition on certain types of vehicle
810
Private Car Park
394
Performing a prohibited turn
316
Being in a bus lane
262
Entering and stopping in a box junction when prohibited
259
The average cost of PCNs is £69.00. If this is not the information you are looking for please feel free to contact me. Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob Senior FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
