Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of penalty charge notices likely to be issued for failing to pay the charge at the Dartford River Crossing in the first year of operation of the Dart-Charge scheme and of the income likely to be generated from those notices.

The Highways Agency estimates that approximately 2.1 million penalty charge notices will be will issued for vehicles not compliant with the charging scheme in the first year of operation. This figure encompasses vehicles registered within the UK and abroad.

The estimated total of paid penalty charge notices is approximately £46.3m.