Parking fines make council more than £800k a year

The new figures reveal the number of fines issued for poor parking since 2021

Parking fines have been generating more than £800,000 per year for a council, new figures have revealed.

Slough Borough Council, in Berkshire, said the money was used to pay for "staff costs, IT and contractor costs".

Released through a freedom of information request, the numbers also show the authority has been issuing more than 40,000 parking fines each year.

The figures come following the council's launch of an 18-month trial of residents-only parking zones in Baylis and Stoke.

Obtained by the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), the data shows the number of fines issued since 2021.

Between April 2021 and April 2022, Slough Borough Council made £898,138 from 44,514 fines.

A total of £854,152 was generated by 44,392 fines between April 2022 and 2023.

And in the most recent year, between April 2023 and April 2024, the authority made £844,724 and issued 41,986 fines.