Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls
(asked on 17th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 June 2025 on Dart Charge, HCWS708, what estimate she has made of the additional revenues from the increase in charges in each of the next seven financial years, commencing with 2025/26.
The number of vehicles using the Dartford Crossing in the years 2022/23-2024/25 is set out below:
Year | Total | Of which during chargeable hours: |
2024/25 | 56,691,385 | 49,613,955 |
2023/24 | 57,498,960 | 50,266,519 |
2022/23 | 56,528,526 | 49,098,480 |
The impact of the charge increase on the number of vehicles using the Dartford crossing will be monitored for the remainder of 2025/26, and subsequent years.
My Department does not routinely publish revenue forecasts for individual budget lines such as the income from the Dart Charge.
Information about previous revenues for the Dartford Crossing are available in the annual accounts which are published online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-highways-annual-reports-and-accounts . For 2022/23 road user charge income was £126.6m and for 2023/24 £130.1m.
The Crossing’s full revenue is higher for each year owing to additional income from enforcement, abnormal load fees, and other rental income. This is also shown in the accounts. Accounts for 2024/25 will be published by the end of January 2026.