Request ID: FOI-2103-2223 Date published: 20 December 2022
You asked
Please include the information for each of the following financial years; 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22:
• The number of daily charges for LEZ and ULEZ
• The total income from daily charges for LEZ and ULEZ
• A breakdown of the income tax band of people being charged for LEZ and ULEZ, i.e. what percentage of people paying the daily charge were in the standard rate (20p) income tax band
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-2103-2223
Thank you for your request received on 24 November 2022 asking for information about Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) charges.
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 hold some of the information you require.
The ULEZ was launched on 8 April 2019 and originally covered the same area of central London as the Congestion Charging zone.
Following a public consultation, on 25 October 2021 the zone was expanded to cover the areas up to, but not including, the North and South Circular road. This represented an 18 times increase in the size of the zone and accounts for why the volumes of charges are significantly higher in 2021/22.
When the ULEZ was launched the compliance rate for vehicles which were being driven in the zone was around 75%. As a result of the scheme this has now increased to over 94%.
The London wide Low Emission Zone (LEZ) was introduced in 2008. On 1 March 2021 the standards tightened and the emission standards for diesel vehicles weighing in excess of 3.5 tonnes tightened from Euro 4 to Euro 6. This meant that more vehicles were subject to the scheme and is why charge volumes have increased in 2021/22. Currently 97% of the vehicles subject to LEZ meet the Euro 6 standard.
You asked for:
• Please include the information for each of the following financial years; 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22: o The number of daily charges for LEZ and ULEZ o The total income from daily charges for LEZ and ULEZ
Please see below for the volumes of valid ULEZ daily charges and payments received for financial years requested:
LEZ
Financial Year
Volume of Valid Charges
Value of Valid Charges
2019/20
6,239
£1,123,800
2020/21
27,022
£3,792,800
2021/22
148,250
£17,846,200
Grand Total
181,511
£22,762,800
ULEZ
Financial Year
Volume of Valid Charges
Value of Valid Charges
2019/20
4,630,660
£66,056,275
2020/21
2,262,150
£30,608,750
2021/22
7,426,892
£93,120,437.50
Grand Total
14,319,702
£189,785,462.50
• A breakdown of the income tax band of people being charged for LEZ and ULEZ, i.e. what percentage of people paying the daily charge were in the standard rate (20p) income tax band
We do not hold this information.
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
