Request ID: FOI-1316-2122 Date published: 06 October 2021
You asked
Under FOI, please can you provide a breakdown of how much money is collected per annum via the congestion charge and also penalty charge notices. In addition, how this money is then subsequently reinvested throughout the TFL network.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-1316-2122
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 21st September 2021 asking for information about Penalty Charge Notice payments.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy.
Specifically you asked:
“Please can you provide a breakdown of how much money is collected per annum via the congestion charge and also penalty charge notices. In addition, how this money is then subsequently reinvested throughout the TFL network.”
I can confirm that we hold the information you require.
Note that we publish details of income and expenditure in our Annual Reports and Statement of Accounts, which are available on our website here:
Congestion Charging (CC) gross income, as shown for example on p144 of the 2020/21 Report, is reported as a single value. A breakdown of ‘charge’ and ‘enforcement’ income over the last five years is shown in the table below.
Congestion Charging income
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Charge Income
160.8
150.8
140.3
152.6
197.9
Enforcement Income
88.8
79.0
89.5
94.3
117.9
Gross Income
249.6
229.8
229.9
247.0
315.7
All of our income is incorporated into the overall TfL budget and reinvested in the Capital’s transport network as set out in our published budgets and business plans, which are available on our website here:
While there is no requirement for us to record the actual spend against CC income, for the first 10 years after the scheme was introduced in 2003, the GLA budget included an indicative attribution of how net revenue from the scheme would be applied. An example of this is shown in the attached document. It should be noted, however, that the amounts quoted indicate a contribution to TfL’s total investment in each of the listed schemes.
If this is not the information you are looking for 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,
David Wells FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
