Key information
Request reference number: MGLA310723-3096
Date of response:
Summary of request
Your request
Is 100 percent of money going for climate change and are politicians exempt from ULEZ and why?
Our response
- Use of ULEZ revenue
It is a statutory requirement that any net revenue generated by Transport for London’s (TfL) road charging schemes (the ULEZ, Low Emission Zone or the Congestion Charge) is reinvested back into London’s transport network for purposes that directly or indirectly facilitate the implementation of, or any policies or proposals set out in, the Mayor’s Transport Strategy. Some of the programmes that the London-wide ULEZ net revenue will be spent on are detailed in the Four-Year General Programme published on the TfL website: lez-four-year-programme-final.docx (live.com)
More general information about TfL’s income and expenditure is reported in its Annual Report and Accounts, the latest copy of which can be found on the TfL website: Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2021/22 (tfl.gov.uk)
The latest Annual Report and Statement of Accounts is expected to be published later this summer. TfL is the Mayor's transport authority and is responsible for implementing the Mayor's Transport Strategy, and for the design, procurement, delivery and operational running of road user charging schemes such as the ULEZ. You may wish to send a further request to TfL at [email protected].
- Politicians
Only drivers of vehicles that do not meet the standard need to pay the charge and already nine out of ten cars seen driving in outer London on an average day meet the standards. To maintain the air quality benefits of the scheme, there are limited exemptions from the ULEZ for drivers of non-compliant vehicles. The full list of exemptions is available on the TfL website: Discounts and exemptions - Transport for London (tfl.gov.uk)
There are no exemptions based on a person’s profession. Therefore, politicians using non-compliant vehicles are not exempt from the ULEZ unless they are eligible for one of the exemptions listed on the above webpage (e.g. because they receive disability benefits).