Nearly 4,000 people have received FPN notifications for not wearing a face mask on public transport in London when it was mandatory, and thousands more have been barred from traveling or told to leave the capital’s network. show official data.
Mandatory wearing of masks has been introduced in Transport to London (TfL) services to help stop the spread of Covid-19. Facial coatings have ceased to be a condition for transport since February 24 this year after a change in the government’s approach to living with coronavirus.
A total of 3,996 FPNs were issued to people for non-compliance with the requirement to wear a face covering between February 24, 2021 and January 27, 2022, said London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
During the same period, TfL prevented 7,283 people from traveling and directed 2,325 people to leave the network. TfL did not record compliance activities between 27 January and 24 February 2022.
The data was published after a question from a member of the London Assembly. Khan said: “The safety of TfL’s customers and staff has always been his top priority. A number of measures have helped to ensure that customers can travel safely and confidently with TfL services during the pandemic, including requiring face covers as a condition of carriage both before and after were a legal requirement, and continuing to encourages strongly today.
The release coincides with the publication of a report that exposed the culture of Downing Street parties at the same time as officials discuss how their drink parties got away with it.
Johnson apologized to the City Council for the breach of the law that happened on Downing Street, including his own actions, but insisted he had not misled Parliament when he said all the rules had been followed. “I am humble and I learned a lesson,” he told lawmakers.
Labor leader Keir Starmer said: “It is now impossible to defend the prime minister’s words to this house. This is about trust. Because during the press conference on May 20, the British public was told that normal life, as we know it, is far away. But it wasn’t like that in number 10. “
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