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FOI request detail

Number plate spending

Request ID: FOI-2941-2425
Date published: 06 January 2025

You asked

I would like to know how much Transport for London spends each year on number plates. I would like data for 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-2941-2425

 

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 12th December 2024 asking for information about spending on number plates.

 

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. 

 

Specifically you asked:

 

I would like to know how much Transport for London spends each year on number plates. I would like data for 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017.”

 

I can confirm that we hold the information you require, which is provided in the table below. Note that TfL does not have any personalised number plates, and the costs below relate to a small number of replacements. The data is sourced from our fleet management records for the last eight years as requested:

 

Year

Cost in £s

No of replacements

2024

39.75

2

2023

218.67

4

2022

0.00

0

2021

129.57

2

2020

80.04

2

2019

0.00

0

2018

35.19

2

2017

232.30

5

 

If this is not the information you are looking for 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,

 

David Wells

FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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