Request ID: FOI-2211-2324 Date published: 31 October 2023
You asked
For the first full month of operation,
daily charges paid in expansion
daily charges paid in original area
PCN's issued and paid for expansion area
PCN's issued and paid for original area
PCN's issued but not paid or disputed in expansion
PCN's issued but not paid or disputed in original area
Cost for instalation of the monitoring infrastructure in the expansion area
Cost of rerplacement for damaged or vandalised equipment in expansion area
What is the income from ULEZ going to fund if anything in particular.
Thank you
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-2211-2324
Thank you for your request received on 27 September 2023 asking for information about the impact of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold the information you require. You asked:
For the first full month of operation: • daily charges paid in expansion • daily charges paid in original area • PCN's issued and paid for expansion area • PCN's issued and paid for original area • PCN's issued but not paid or disputed in expansion • PCN's issued but not paid or disputed in original area
The ULEZ was originally launched on 8 April 2019 and covered the same area of central London as the Congestion Charging zone. On 25 October 2021 the ULEZ was expanded to cover the area up to but not including the North and South circular roads. The ULEZ was further expanded to cover all of London on 29 August 2023. The information you have requested is published in the first month on report of operation of the expanded zone. The report is available on the GLA’s website:
Cost for installation of the monitoring infrastructure in the expansion area
The current estimated total cost to supply and install the ANPR cameras and associated supporting infrastructure for the London-wide ULEZ is in the range of £45-55m.
Cost of replacement for damaged or vandalised equipment in expansion area
In accordance with the EIR, we are not obliged to supply the requested information as it is subject to a statutory exception to the right of access to information under regulations R12(5)(a) – international relations, defence, national security & public safety (in this instance specifically public safety), regulation 12(5)(b) – the course of justice, the ability of a person to receive a fair trial or the ability of the public authority to conduct and inquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature – (in this instance specifically the course of justice), and regulation 12(5)(e) – confidentially of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provide by law to protect a legitimate economic interest.
The rationale for this is explained in more detail in a published response to a previous information request which is available on our website here:
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
What is the income from ULEZ going to fund if anything in particular.
It is a statutory requirement that any net revenue generated by our road charging schemes (the ULEZ, LEZ or the Congestion Charge) is reinvested back into London’s transport network for purposes that directly or indirectly facilitate the implementation or any policies or proposals set out in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy. Some of the programmes that the net revenue will be spent on are detailed in the Four-Year General Programme published on our website:
