HC Deb 30 November 1927 vol 211 c510W
Colonel DAY

asked the Home Secretary the number of prosecutions that have taken place for motor offences in the Metropolitan Police area for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date and the gross amount of fines imposed on motorists in the Metropolitan area for the same period?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

The number of prosecutions in the Metropolitan Police district for motor offences during the year ended 31st October, 1927, was 79,686. The gross amount of fines inflicted in these cases could not be ascertained without unjustifiable expenditure of time, money and labour.