Our Ref:         FOI-4916-1718 / FOI-4917-1718

Thank you for your requests received on 19 March 2018 asking for information about the Congestion Charge.

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:

The amount of money collected from fines for people failing to pay the congestion charge for the years:

2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-present

Information about Congestion Charging income and expenditure is published by financial year rather than by calendar year and is available in our Annual Reports and Statements of Accounts:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/annual-report.

The 2017-18 Annual Report is expected to be published later this summer.

In accordance with section 21 of the FOI Act, TfL is not obliged to supply you with a copy of the requested information as it is already accessible to you elsewhere.

The number of people who failed to pay the congestion charge for the years:

2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-present

Drivers who do not pay the daily Congestion Charge are issued with a penalty charge notice (PCN) for non-payment. Information about the number of PCNs issued per quarter is published in our Congestion Charge and Low Emission Zone (LEZ) factsheets, which are available in the Finance, Operations and Performance section of our website:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/congestion-charge

The number of money collected from parking fines for the years:

2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018
2018-present

Information about parking revenue is published by financial year rather than by calendar year and is available in the Red Routes section of our website:

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/red-routes

In accordance with the Local Government Transparency Code, information relating to 2017-18 is expected to be published by 30 June 2018.

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

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Gemma Jacob
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London

[email protected]