FOI request detail

Fines / face coverings

Request ID: FOI-2323-2122
Date published: 09 February 2022

You asked

Please disclose: 1) The number of fines issued for people not complying with the rule on mandatory face masks (or coverings) since 30 November 2021 2) The total monetary value (in £GBP) of those fines (covered in 1)) 3) For the period between 01 January 2021 - 19 July 2021, TfL issued a total of 2,772 Fixed Penalty Notices - please disclose the total monetary value (in £GBP) of the 2,772 Fixed Penalty Notices 4) The ethnicity breakdown of the recipients of facemask-related fines covering the periods 01 January 2021 - 19 July 2021 and 30 November 2021 to the date at which this request is processed (please reflect the following ethnicities as separate groups: White, Black, Asian and other or not known/stated) 5) From 30 November 2021 (to date) - the number of people stopped from getting on TfL public transport services until they put on a face-mask

We answered

Our Ref:         FOI-2323-2122

Thank you for your request received on 13 January 2022 asking for information about the enforcement of face coverings on our network.
 
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 do hold the information you require. You asked for:
 
1.         The number of fines issued for people not complying with the rule on mandatory face masks (or coverings) since 30 November 2021
 
Between 30 November 2021 and 2 February 2022, TfL’s Investigations, Appeals and Prosecutions team have issued 1,733 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs), with approximately 136 still to be processed.
 
2.         The total monetary value (in £GBP) of those fines (covered in 1))
 
Each FPN is issued at £200, with the option of paying £100 if the FPN is paid within 14 days.
 
3.         For the period between 01 January 2021 - 19 July 2021, TfL issued a total of 2,772 Fixed Penalty Notices - please disclose the total monetary value (in £GBP) of the 2,772 Fixed Penalty Notices
 
This information is available in a published FOI response:
 
https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-1200-2122
In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, we are not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.

The monetary value is the same as stated above.
 
4.         The ethnicity breakdown of the recipients of facemask-related fines covering the periods 01 January 2021 - 19 July 2021 and 30 November 2021 to the date at which this request is processed (please reflect the following ethnicities as separate groups: White, Black, Asian and other or not known/stated)

The ethnicity codes used below follow the categorisation used by the police and are not categories used by TfL generally.
 
Data for period 01 January 2021 – 19 July 2021
 
Analysis of FPN's Issued by Identity Code    Cumulative     
IC Codes         Qnty    %        
IC1 - Nordic - Native British, Scandinavian, German, etc     899      32.5% 
IC2 - Mediterranean - South European, e.g. Spanish, Italian or Greek        574      20.8% 
IC3 - Black - Sub-Saharan African or Afro-Caribbean           706      25.5% 
IC4 - Desi - South Asian         350      12.6% 
IC5 - Far East e.g. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or Southeast Asian           44        1.6%   
IC6 - West Asia or North Africa          109      4.0%   
IC9 - Unknown            82        3.0%   
Total    2,764   100.00%         

Data for period 30 November 2021 to 26 January 2022PNs issued from 30 November 2021 to 26 January 2022
Analysis of FPN's Issued by Identity Code    Cumulative
IC Codes         Qnty    %
IC1 - Nordic - Native British, Scandinavian, German, etc     563      32.49%
IC2 - Mediterranean - South European, e.g. Spanish, Italian or Greek        324      18.70%
IC3 - Black - Sub-Saharan African or Afro-Caribbean           287      16.56%
IC4 - Desi - South Asian         334      19.27%
IC5 - Far East e.g. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or Southeast Asian           31        1.79%
IC6 - West Asia or North Africa          101      5.83%
IC9 - Unknown            93        0.00%
Total    1,733   100.00%
 
5.         From 30 November 2021 (to date) - the number of people stopped from getting on TfL public transport services until they put on a face-mask
 
Between Tuesday 30 November 2021 and Wednesday 26 January 2022:
 
•           57,449 people were stopped by TfL enforcement officers from getting on our public transport services until they put on a face covering. Most complied by getting their face covering from their bag or pocket, putting it on correctly or purchasing one from a nearby shop
•           2,770 people were prevented from boarding
•           1,060 people were asked to leave our services
 
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

[email protected]

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