FOI request detail

Removal from Congestion charges for phv drivers

Request ID: FOI-2486-1819
Date published: 08 January 2019

You asked

I would like to find out since 1/09/2017 up to 30/11/2018, how many private hire drivers have been removed from congestion charge excemption from London area. How many drivers, from that list, are self employed owner drivers?

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-2486-1819

Thank you for your email received by Transport for London (TfL) on 19 December 2018.

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. You asked:

I would like to find out since  1/09/2017 up to 30/11/2018, how many private hire drivers have been removed from congestion charge exemption from London area.

Between 1 September 2017 and 30 November 2018, 1,212 private hire vehicles were removed from the Congestion Charge exemption list.

How many drivers, from that list, are self employed owner drivers?

We do not record this information.

If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal as well as information on copyright and what to do if you would like to re-use any of the information we have disclosed.

Yours sincerely

Eva Hextall

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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