Request ID: FOI-1727-2425 Date published: 24 September 2024
You asked
Can you provide the following data from the extension of ULEZ into Kent, August 29, 2023 to August 29, 2024.
• How many PCNs have been issued to cars where the registered keeper resides in Kent?
• How many of those PCN's are still open?
• How many of the PCN's have been paid?
• How many of those PCNs have been written off
Can you please break this data down by postal code area? The postcode areas I would like are
CT1, CT10, CT11, CT12, CT13, CT14, CT15, CT16, CT17, CT18, CT19, CT2, CT20, CT21, CT3, CT4, CT5, CT6, CT7, CT8, CT9, DA1, DA10, DA11, DA12, DA13, DA2, DA3, DA4, DA9, ME1, ME10, ME11, ME12, ME13, ME14, ME15, ME16, ME17, ME18, ME19, ME2, ME20, ME3, ME4, ME5, ME6, ME7, ME8, ME9,TN1, TN10, TN11, TN12, TN13, TN14, TN15,
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-1727-2425 Thank you for your request received on 30 August 2024 asking for information about Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued to drivers registered in Kent. Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require. The ULEZ was expanded on 29 August 2023 across all London boroughs. Following the launch of the expansion, between 29 August and 25 September 2023, warning notices (WNs) were issued to owners of non-compliant vehicles who had not paid the ULEZ charge after driving in the zone. Warning notices were issued to ensure the correct action is taken in the future and to allow for any genuine mistakes that may have occurred. Since 26 September 2023, Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) have been issued for contraventions. When a PCN is issued the recipient has the right to challenge it by submitting representation to us. When a representation is received and considered, a request for further evidence may be made and the PCN will remain frozen while the information requested is provided. Should the representation be accepted the PCN is cancelled. If it is rejected the motorist has a further right of appeal to an Independent Adjudicator at London Tribunals. This process can take up to three months, meaning it can be some time before an accurate figure of PCNs paid can be recorded. PCNs are issued to the registered keeper of a vehicle as held by the DVLA. This does not always indicate that this is where the driver resides. The most common case of this is when a vehicle is issued to a hire company, but the driver resides elsewhere. The table below details the number of PCNs, and warning letters, issued to an address with the said post code. PCNs cancelled are those for which a representation has been accepted or an appeal to London Tribunals allowed. Those written off indicate where we have accepted a part payment for a penalty and written off the remaining balance after a representation was made and accepted. Please note that the figures include PCNs issued to the same vehicle on more than one occasion so are not reflective of the total number of individual vehicles that have been subject to a PCN. The number of PCNs paid will increase over time. Any surplus received from the ULEZ is reinvested into running and improving London’s transport network, such as expanding bus routes in outer London and including services which may extend outside of the capital’s boundaries.
Postal Code Area
Total WNs Issued
PCNs Issued
PCNs Written Off
PCNs Open
PCNs Paid
PCNs Cancelled
BR5
253
8570
0
7004
504
1,062
BR6
166
2820
14
1675
435
696
BR8
124
3209
0
2456
438
315
CT1
64
1157
0
765
331
61
CT10
42
643
0
258
315
70
CT11
57
929
2
469
385
73
CT12
36
815
0
423
319
73
CT13
17
271
0
131
109
31
CT14
53
798
0
335
367
96
CT15
24
340
0
108
197
35
CT16
48
991
0
693
250
48
CT17
47
881
0
582
254
45
CT18
30
365
0
121
198
46
CT19
72
765
0
352
347
66
CT2
50
784
0
369
321
94
CT20
69
833
0
517
272
44
CT21
34
351
0
91
194
66
CT3
44
1067
0
634
342
91
CT4
31
413
0
101
257
55
CT5
73
875
0
310
474
91
CT6
73
1,290
0
569
594
127
CT7
26
319
0
132
147
40
CT8
17
249
0
139
78
32
CT9
121
1,842
0
1,033
666
143
DA1
265
7,077
3
5,791
837
446
DA10
52
1,636
0
1,318
204
114
DA11
207
6,366
0
5,012
902
452
DA12
211
5,811
2
4,444
990
375
DA13
61
1,012
0
424
398
190
DA2
98
2,408
0
1,896
291
221
DA3
68
1,332
0
790
366
176
DA4
50
915
0
631
215
69
DA9
68
1,481
0
1,068
247
166
ME1
100
1,896
0
1,160
598
138
ME10
135
2,177
0
1,119
779
279
ME11
14
164
0
77
73
14
ME12
125
2,759
0
1,813
739
207
ME13
71
1,027
0
472
392
163
ME14
95
1,925
0
1,224
548
153
ME15
161
3,482
0
2,203
985
294
ME16
79
2,111
0
1,303
597
211
ME17
108
1,520
0
743
621
156
ME18
36
490
0
256
192
42
ME19
66
1,320
0
737
448
135
ME2
181
4,345
0
3,108
936
301
ME20
83
1,328
0
639
452
237
ME3
98
1,488
0
599
648
241
ME4
152
4,738
0
4,001
565
172
ME5
174
3,727
0
2,448
1,020
259
ME6
38
485
0
220
187
78
ME7
196
5,602
0
4,463
901
238
ME8
121
1,809
0
730
824
255
ME9
83
1,301
0
629
526
146
TN1
26
423
0
243
155
25
TN10
37
457
2
195
220
40
TN11
52
563
0
237
262
64
TN12
97
1,517
0
835
541
141
TN13
72
574
0
188
317
69
TN14
81
1,524
0
924
369
231
TN15
123
2,061
0
1,148
680
233
TN16
110
1,702
0
978
374
350
TN17
36
815
0
511
231
73
TN18
14
201
0
99
87
15
TN2
76
1,102
0
568
445
89
TN23
130
1,573
0
751
695
127
TN24
83
1,518
16
913
504
85
TN25
45
739
0
298
332
109
TN26
30
433
0
134
225
74
TN27
48
908
0
469
328
111
TN28
14
351
0
179
152
20
TN29
22
534
0
238
232
64
TN3
20
318
0
56
225
37
TN30
17
221
0
45
115
61
TN4
82
891
0
378
450
63
TN8
84
1,272
0
823
351
98
TN9
44
536
1
215
244
76
Total
6110
122,542
40
79,010
31,809
11,683
Please let me know if this is not the information you are looking for.
If you are not satisfied with this response 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 [email protected]
