A lack of cars travelling around major cities has cost UK councils more than £40 million in parking fine revenues new figures have revealed.
By comparing year-on-year income from some of the country’s largest city councils research has found that revenue is down by 70.8 per cent.
London, the UK’s biggest city, made £46.6m between April and June in 2019, but that figure dropped to just £14.8m at the height of the pandemic. Outside of the capital, 18 of the biggest cities in the UK made £10.1 million from fines, but brought in a paltry £1.7m this year.
Will Craig, founder of LeaseFetcher, who published the research said: “Nobody likes a parking ticket, and if anything good has come of lockdown, it’s that motorists have saved a staggering amount of cash on PCNs.
“It’s not so good for the councils, but they are already starting to claw their way back up to pre-lockdown income levels now that restrictions have eased.”
|
City |
Lost PCN income (£) |
Lost PCN income (%) |
|
Glasgow |
£1,209,791.71 |
88.9 percent |
|
Brighton and Hove |
£1,044,644.06 |
70.9 percent |
|
Leeds |
£937,964.27 |
95.1 percent |
|
Birmingham |
£889,516.81 |
68.1 percent |
|
Bristol |
£703,163.63 |
82.8 percent |
|
Leicester |
£553,890.00 |
99.2 percent |
|
Cardiff |
£512,738.00 |
98.6 percent |
|
Newcastle upon Tyne |
£488,882.45 |
77.6 percent |
|
Sheffield |
£423,519.87 |
93 percent |
|
Bradford |
£349,394.77 |
79 percent |
|
Coventry |
£306,277.36 |
94.3 percent |
|
Plymouth |
£287,120.64 |
76.8 percent |
|
Milton Keynes |
£182,108.59 |
79.2 percent |
|
Wakefield |
£144,576.44 |
85.7 percent |
|
Walsall |
£105,765.66 |
70 percent |
|
Dudley |
£94,752.62 |
88.1 percent |
|
Doncaster |
£83,289.61 |
87.9 percent |
|
Rotherham |
£65,151.00 |
78.4 percent |