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30th December 2024
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Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) Statistics
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1. Please could you provide the following data for the financial years 2023/24, 2024/25, and 2025/26 (or the most recent available period):
• Total number of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued
2023/24: 33,173 PCN’s issued
2024/25: 27,091 PCN’s issued
2025/26: 29,725 PCN’s issued
• Total number of PCNs paid
2023/24: 20,871 PCN’s Paid
2024/25: 21,491 PCN’s Paid
2025/26: 23,485 PCN’s paid
• Total number of PCNs outstanding, unpaid, cancelled, or written off
2023/24: 132 Outstanding 7,131 Unpaid, cancelled or written off.
2024/25: 532 Outstanding, 4,995 Unpaid, cancelled or written off.
2025/26: 555 outstanding, 3,785 Unpaid, cancelled or written off.
• Total income (£) received from PCNs (Revenue)
2023/24: £766,051.76
2024/25: £824,359.00
2025/26: £853,872.10
• Total value (£) of PCNs outstanding, unpaid, cancelled, or written off
2023/24: £392,824.24 from outstanding, unpaid, cancelled or written off.
2024/25: £53,098.60 from outstanding, unpaid, cancelled or written off.
2025/26: £138,825.00 from outstanding, unpaid, cancelled or written off.
