Penalties Issued to Light Commercial Vehicles (Vans) for 2024-2025
Case reference FOI2026/00948
Received 17 April 2026
Published 15 May 2026
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information relating to penalties issued to light commercial vehicles (vans) across the UK.
For the purposes of this request, “van” refers to light goods vehicles (LGVs) or light commercial vehicles (LCVs), where this classification is recorded.
Please provide the data separately for 2024 and 2025 (to date or the most recent available period).
1. Parking Enforcement (PCNs)
- Total number of Penalty Charge Notices issued to vans.
- Breakdown of PCNs issued to vans by contravention type, where recorded, including, but not limited to:
- parking on restricted roads or areas
- yellow line violations
- overstaying permitted parking
- pay-and-display or permit breaches
2. Loading & Unloading Violations
- Total number of PCNs issued to vans for loading/unloading related offences.
- Where recorded, breakdown of reasons, including, but not limited to:
- loading restrictions
- unloading in prohibited zones
- misuse of loading bays
- time-restricted loading violations
3. Permit & Access Zone Violations
- Total number of PCNs issued to vans relating to permit or access restrictions.
- Where recorded, breakdown of reasons, including, but not limited to:
- resident or business permit breaches
- restricted zone entry without authorisation
- failure to display valid exemptions
4. Moving Traffic Offences
- Total number of Penalty Charge Notices issued to vans for moving traffic offences.
- Where recorded, breakdown by offence type, including, but not limited to:
- bus lane violations
- yellow box junction offences
- banned turns or restricted manoeuvres
- no entry or restricted road access breaches
5. Summary Totals (if available)
- Total number of PCNs issued to vans overall.
- Total revenue generated from PCNs issued to vans (if held).
If any part of this request exceeds the cost limit under Section 12 of the FOI Act, please advise how it may be refined so that it can be processed within the appropriate limit.
I would appreciate it if the information could be provided in Excel format, where possible.
Response
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request information relating to penalties issued to light commercial vehicles (vans) across the UK.
For the purposes of this request, “van” refers to light goods vehicles (LGVs) or light commercial vehicles (LCVs), where this classification is recorded.
Please provide the data separately for 2024 and 2025 (to date or the most recent available period).
1. Parking Enforcement (PCNs)
- Total number of Penalty Charge Notices issued to vans.
- Breakdown of PCNs issued to vans by contravention type, where recorded, including, but not limited to:
- parking on restricted roads or areas
- yellow line violations
- overstaying permitted parking
- pay-and-display or permit breaches
2. Loading & Unloading Violations
- Total number of PCNs issued to vans for loading/unloading related offences.
- Where recorded, breakdown of reasons, including, but not limited to:
- loading restrictions
- unloading in prohibited zones
- misuse of loading bays
- time-restricted loading violations
3. Permit & Access Zone Violations
- Total number of PCNs issued to vans relating to permit or access restrictions.
- Where recorded, breakdown of reasons, including, but not limited to:
- resident or business permit breaches
- restricted zone entry without authorisation
- failure to display valid exemptions
4. Moving Traffic Offences
- Total number of Penalty Charge Notices issued to vans for moving traffic offences.
- Where recorded, breakdown by offence type, including, but not limited to:
- bus lane violations
- yellow box junction offences
- banned turns or restricted manoeuvres
- no entry or restricted road access breaches
5. Summary Totals (if available)
- Total number of PCNs issued to vans overall.
- Total revenue generated from PCNs issued to vans (if held).
If any part of this request exceeds the cost limit under Section 12 of the FOI Act, please advise how it may be refined so that it can be processed within the appropriate limit.
I would appreciate it if the information could be provided in Excel format, where possible.
Answer: This information is not held in a form that would enable it to be located, retrieved and extracted within the Appropriate Time Limit which equates to 18 hours as defined by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limits and Fees) Regulations 2004.
Our electronic reporting systems are unable to run a report for this information as our system does not record vehicle class (e.g. van vs car). To ascertain the data requested, officers would need to manually check individual notices for this information. An initial search has shown that 45,000 notices would need to be checked for the VRM information to determine vehicle type, and it is estimated that it would take approximately 36 seconds to check each notice. Once the details had been identified this would need to be noted and once all notices had been checked in this way, the total figures requested could be calculated.
This would at a conservative estimate take at least 450 hours to complete. Where the Limit is exceeded Public Authorities are not obliged to supply the information requested by virtue of S12 of the Act. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
However, within the 18 hour limit, we can provide answers for the requested information for a maximum of 23 days if you are able to specify the dates. Please advise us if this is something you require.
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