Britain now has more parking wardens than full-time soldiers as fines and charges on drivers reach £2.3billion a year

Britain currently has more parking spaces than full -time soldiers – fines and charges hit £ 2.3 billion per year.

The British Park Association is estimated to have about 82,000 traffic executives who patrolling the streets of England.

This says the number of normal soldiers in the British army that has shrunk in recent years, and the last figures are about 73,490 full -time unit.

And despite the fund deductions that have recently deceived Britain’s army, Councils seem to be full of big profits from the park guards.

The nationwide profits rose to £ 1.1 billion in the last year two years ago.

As a result, figures for numbers, park permits, tickets and fines indicate that the revenues obtained from drivers have increased by 20 percent in two years, because Councils increase charges to meet budget deficiencies.

Official data also shows that last year, the Councils in the UK are £ 1.4 billion from the street on-caddesi parking fees and £ 876 million from the parking lots operated by the Council.

The average, which means that every car on the road in the UK pays £ 70 in parking fees – but the real figure will be higher because fines will only be for the UK.

Statistics also do not contain fines for cash, clean air zones and bus strips collected from congestion charging – which brings an extra £ 1 billion total income.

London councils earned the lion’s country -wide parking revenue share of £ 1,065 billion – Kensington and Chelsea won £ 49 million a year from ten -cadde parking lot.

Manchester rakes at £ 19 million, while Brighton received £ 33 million.

Statistics are due to recent increases in park fees and fines due to councils who want to increase their income in the face of increasing expenditure pressures.

Earlier this year, London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan rose from the highest highest £ 130 to £ 160 in park fines. Last year, London councils issued approximately 8.3 million penalty notifications.

Councils across the country increase the cost of housing parking permit for household peoples, increasing the revenues obtained by the authorities.

For example, London’s Bexley Council increased the 12 -month parking cost by 23 percent. Camden Council now adds an additional ‘air quality additional fee’ to its permissions, which can cost £ 195 per year for diesel vehicles.

Jack Cousens, President of the Road Policy in AA, said that it has become a cash cow for council councils and is now effectively driving.

‘2.3 billion £ income stones, people’s pockets and potential consumer expenditures to make £ 1.2 billion profit, is currently the place where we are with unlimited costs and fines with too many British cities and municipal councils,’ ‘he said.

It is believed that there are approximately 82,000 traffic guards operating in the British Army compared to 73,490 normal military service.

“ Initially, Council park fees had to cover the controlled and ordered provision costs. The benefits were to encourage shoppers and other visitors to city and city centers and encourage commercial activities.

The accusations in the ‘Street’ could encourage the turnover of the receivers, and the permits had to protect the inhabitants’.

‘Fees had to meet the cost of providing this parking and implementation costs and a little profit and prize for successful parks and commercial policies. Everything above is tax. ‘

Mr. Cousens, ‘too much’ for the council, especially in cities, the cost of parking ‘without a reasonable accusation of full local tax’ he added, he added.

‘From where? Because there is nothing next to anything that keeps them behind ‘he added. “ They create new ways and reasons to rain more money than people with cars, often in low income traveling for business.

‘Residents feel hostage to allow high costs as high as their households often break down their front gardens and turn them into parking.’

RAC Foundation Director Steve Gooding said: ‘Council parking place has become a major business and is very lucrative for some local authorities.

“ Many drivers rightly, to use their cars through fees and fees that they pay more and will feel more payment through parking fees and residents’.

‘The drivers who think that the local authorities of the public parking accusations should look closely at how they justified them – the collected money needs to be spent to improve local transport, not to empty the other budgets.’

In the meantime, the British Park Association, representing operators, said that extreme abdominal accusations and claims were ‘misleading’ and how the funds were managed and re -deposited ‘.

‘It makes some of the most valuable service councils such as income from parking lot, subsidized bus fees, school transportation, pit repairs and basic road care.

‘Without this income, most of these vital services would be threatened.’