Road Traffic Offences: Fines
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on penalty charge notice rates for different offences, broken down by (a) year and (b) location.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
The Department for Transport does not hold data on penalty charge notice levels applied by local authorities with civil enforcement powers, either on an annual basis, or between parking or other road traffic contraventions by location.
Local authorities outside London with civil parking enforcement powers may only select from two banded Parking Penalty Charge Notice levels as prescribed in the Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022. Penalty charges for parking contraventions in London are set by the Mayor for London with the consent of the Secretary of State.
The Department for Transport’s statutory guidance for local authorities in England on civil enforcement of parking contraventions recommends local authorities should adopt the lowest charge level consistent with a high level of public acceptability and compliance.
Banded penalty charge levels for other civilly enforceable contraventions, i.e. bus lane and moving traffic contraventions, are set in the 2022 regulations in line with penalties for higher level parking contraventions, for example parking in a disabled bay.
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