Since TfL began enforcement activity on 30 November 2021 on the wearing of face masks on public transport, please provide figures for (a) the number of people stopped, (b) prevented from boarding, (c) ejected and (d) issued with Fixed Penalty Notices?

I have consistently called for the re-introduction of legal requirements to wear face coverings on public transport and so I welcomed the Government’s decision on 30 November 2021. These regulations give Transport for London (TfL), as well as the police, powers to prevent non-compliant customers from entering stations and boarding services. TfL can now issue Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) of £200 for a first offence.

TfL’s 500 enforcement officers will be applying the regulations on TfL’s public transport networks, complemented by joint enforcement operations with the Metropolitan Police Service Roads and Transport Policing Command (RTPC) and the British Transport Police (BTP), as well as the police’s own enforcement and compliance activity.

Between Tuesday 30 November 2021 and Tuesday 14 December 2021. TfL enforcement officers have:

FPNs are not issued on the spot. They are issued by TfL’s Prosecution Team once the evidence and personal information have been verified. As of 15 December 2021, 536 FPNs had been issued. The remaining reports are being processed.

The RTPC does not record the number of interactions officers have with passengers. At this time, it has not issued any FPNs but has supported TfL on face covering operations on the bus network. The BTP does not provide a London breakdown of its face covering compliance and enforcement activity