Ulez proposals and effectiveness of existing ulez and congestion charging
Request ID: FOI-2139-2223 Date published: 12 December 2022
You asked
Follow-up to FOI-1701-2223:
Thank for a reply to my numerous questions and providing additional references for me to research.
Please allow me two questions under FOI . You may not appreciate that the public see a major use of congestion and ulez charges as a way of getting support from the Green Party which from your own figures producing little benefit certainly to Greater London from this cash cow as your figures show. An increase in MOT restrictions could reduce need for the Ulez taxation .
Question a )How much has been allocated by the mayor for saving lives of individuals from knife crime . These being about similar quoted deaths from pollution
Question b} How much has been allocated by the mayor to defeat drug barons and addiction . This benefit exceeds ulez benefits by 10 times or even 20 times or 30 times.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-2139-2223
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 24th November 2022 asking for information about spending by the Mayor’s office.
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 allow me two questions under FOI . You may not appreciate that the public see a major use of congestion and ulez charges as a way of getting support from the Green Party which from your own figures producing little benefit certainly to Greater London from this cash cow as your figures show. An increase in MOT restrictions could reduce need for the Ulez taxation .
Question a )How much has been allocated by the mayor for saving lives of individuals from knife crime . These being about similar quoted deaths from pollution Question b} How much has been allocated by the mayor to defeat drug barons and addiction . This benefit exceeds ulez benefits by 10 times or even 20 times or 30 times.”
I am afraid that TfL does not hold the requested information. Note that TfL is a separate entity to the Mayor’s office (the Greater London Authority) which would be better placed to answer your questions. FOI requests to the GLA can be made via its website here:
