Request ID: FOI-0550-2223 Date published: 01 July 2022
You asked
The Mayor recently gave a generalised answer to question 2022/1293 put by my GLA Member. (reproduced below)
Please supply me with all releasable:
cost-breakdown information held by TfL concerning how much it will cost to make the ULEZ London-wide? (I would expect these to have best-case, worst-case and typical figures, and cover components like cameras being
procured)
detailed revenue projections related to making the ULEZ London-wide (I would expect these to have best-case, worst-case and typical figures, and break down components like charge income and fines).
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0550-2223 Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 7 June 2022, asking for information about the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked for: cost-breakdown information held by TfL concerning how much it will cost to make the ULEZ London-wide? (I would expect these to have best-case, worst-case and typical figures, and cover components like cameras being procured) detailed revenue projections related to making the ULEZ London-wide (I would expect these to have best-case, worst-case and typical figures, and break down components like charge income and fines). We are currently in the early stages of planning delivery and based on current assumptions made, which are subject to consultation, the estimated costs to set up the expanded London-wide ULEZ are in the range of c£200m.This includes costs of signage, detection and enforcement infrastructure and systems, marketing, project overheads and risk. We are still working on detailed financial projections for the proposed expansion of the ULEZ scheme to outer London in August 2023. However we are expecting to generate an additional net operating surplus of c£200m with a range +/- c.50%, in the first full year of operation. There is a large potential financial range as it is very sensitive to a number of assumptions such as volumes, compliance and payment rates, which we are seeing changes in since the expansion of the scheme to inner London last year. The operating surplus would quickly reduce over time as compliance is expected to improve. The expansion of the ULEZ is not about making money, but about improving air quality and the health of Londoners. Any money received from the ULEZ is reinvested into achieving the aims of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy. If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for any 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 Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
