Congestion Charge
Request ID: FOI-1823-2021
Date published: 22 December 2020
You asked
I require you to disclose to me the following under The Freedom of Information Act: a) The number of fixed penalty notices issued to driver’s in the past 12 months. b) The amount of revenue raised from the fixed penalty notices.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-1823-2021/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 23 November 2020 asking for information about Congestion Charging.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require. You asked:
I require you to disclose to me the following under The Freedom of Information Act: a) The number of fixed penalty notices issued to driver’s in the past 12 months. b) The amount of revenue raised from the fixed penalty notices.
Please note that the Congestion Charging, Low Emissions Zone (LEZ) and Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) schemes were suspended from 23 March until 18 May 2020 due to COVID-19.
The changes to the Congestion Charge were implemented on 22 June 2020. Along with the introduction of weekend charging the weekday charging hours were extended from 07:00 – 18:00 to 07:00 – 22:00.
We did not issue PCNs for the first two weekends (27/28 June and 4/5 July) after the charge amendments, instead we issued warning letters.
Please find the information requested below:
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Number of PCNs
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Scheme
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Year
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Month
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CC
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LEZ
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Parking Contravention
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ULEZ
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TOTAL
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2019
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Dec
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53,196
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2,115
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53,175
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58,149
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166,635
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2020
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Jan
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55,425
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2,020
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62,844
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44,432
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164,721
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|
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Feb
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52,870
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2,008
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63,471
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41,848
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160,197
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|
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Mar
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43,508
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1,284
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46,353
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26,632
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117,777
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Apr
|
|
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8,045
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8,045
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May
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1
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14,577
|
268
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14,846
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|
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Jun
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63,272
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1,212
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43,975
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28,117
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136,576
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|
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Jul
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140,392
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1,516
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60,166
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35,797
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237,871
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Aug
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152,370
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1,756
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61,783
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39,125
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255,034
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|
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Sep
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129,678
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1,474
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64,600
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34,551
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230,303
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Oct
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118,889
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1,185
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59,185
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30,082
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209,341
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Nov
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88,773
|
619
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47,917
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23,851
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161,160
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TOTAL
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898,374
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15,189
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586,091
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362,852
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1,862,506
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PCNs - Amount Paid
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Scheme
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Year
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Month
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CC
|
LEZ
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Parking Contravention
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ULEZ
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TOTAL
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2019
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Dec
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£3,527,583
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£174,609
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£3,585,760
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£3,831,051
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£11,119,003
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2020
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Jan
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£3,483,961
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£179,805
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£4,121,245
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£2,748,455
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£10,533,465
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|
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Feb
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£3,410,197
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£209,053
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£4,231,510
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£2,599,408
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£10,450,168
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|
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Mar
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£3,038,943
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£112,115
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£3,131,562
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£1,719,310
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£8,001,931
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Apr
|
|
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£526,501
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£526,501
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|
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May
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£0
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£925,574
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£80
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£925,654
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Jun
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£4,194,822
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£90,070
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£2,698,024
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£1,698,435
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£8,681,351
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|
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Jul
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£8,426,598
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£134,450
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£3,626,989
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£1,785,638
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£13,973,674
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Aug
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£8,651,849
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£169,434
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£3,676,456
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£1,770,817
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£14,268,556
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Sep
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£7,094,342
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£127,113
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£3,644,299
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£1,499,000
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£12,364,754
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|
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Oct
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£5,858,839
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£97,000
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£3,015,828
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£1,072,135
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£10,043,802
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|
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Nov
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£3,559,592
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£31,250
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£1,946,685
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£666,790
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£6,204,317
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TOTAL
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£51,246,727
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£1,324,898
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£35,130,431
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£19,391,117
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£107,093,173
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Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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