§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of traffic wardens employed in the Metropolitan police district; what is the cost of the traffic warden service to public funds; what revenue is collected from fines for traffic offences; and if he will give comparative figures for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Hurd[pursuant to his reply, 3 November 1983; c. 431]: The available information is as follows:
Traffic Wardens employed in the Metropolitan Police District Date Strength (excluding Heathrow) Strength (Heathrow only)* 31 December 1978 1,284 58 31 December 1979 1,047 52 31 December 1980 1,075 60 31 December 1981 1,224 82 31 December 1982 1,385 89 30 September 1983 1,680 89 * The authorised ceiling of 1,800 does not include traffic wardens serving at the Heathrow airport unit, for whom the Metropolitan police receives full reimbursement from the British Airports Authority.
Cost to Public Funds of the Metropolitan Police Traffic Warden Service Financial Year Cost to Public Funds* £ 1978–1979 5,377,691 1979–1980 5,950,468 1980–1981 6,967,130 1981–1982 8,867,176 1982–1983 10,194,428 * Includes pay, allowances, clothing, training and advertising only. The cost of transport, accommodation and administration anr not maintained separately for the traffic warden service. Information is not held centrally about revenue from fines imposed by courts in the Metropolitan police district for traffic offences, as distinct from other offences, and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the sums collected by the fixed penalty office, in respect of fixed penalties imposed by the Metropolitan police—which do not constitute fines—are as follows:
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Sums collected by the fixed penalty office in relation to fixed penalties imposed by the Metropolitan police Calendar Year Sums Collected £ 1978 5,060,000 1979 5,019,000
Calendar Year Sums Collected £ 1980 *7,211,000 1981 7,216,000 1982 †13,052,000 * This figure contains sums from the previous year which were held over because of industrial action. † The level of fixed penalties was increased from £6 to £10 in March 1982.
Co-responsibility Levy Payments MECU 1977* 1978* 1979 1980 1981 1982 Belgium 0.9 6.5 3.6 8.0 16.9 17.8 Denmark 1.4 10.6 5.4 11.5 25.6 28.5 Germany 8.4 46.6 25.5 58.2 118.7 132.6 France 4.9 34.4 20.6 53.4 114.9 123.6 Ireland 0.6 7.1 4.7 12.2 23.5 25.7 Italy — 5.5 8.2 11.5 25.0 31.0 Luxembourg -0.6 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.3 Netherlands 4.6 21.6 12.3 29.2 64.3 75.8 United Kingdom 2.1 22.9 13.7 38.3 88.3 101.1 * For 1977 and 1978 official Commission figures for the breakdown by Member States are available only in units of account (UAS). The figures given above for these years in ECUS are a MAFF assesment. Source: E.C. Commission FEOGA Financial Reports.
Table II Co-responsibility Payments in England and Wales and Scotland England and Wales £m Scotland £m 1977 2.2 0.2 1978 12.8 1.3 1979 7.5 0.7 1980 19.3 1.8 1981 41.2 4.0 1982 47.1 4.7
Expenditure of Co-responsibility levy among Various Schemes mECU Measure 1977* 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 16 September 1977 to 31 December 1982 Total expenditure (a) School milk (Reg 1080/77) — 10.3 30.0 45.7 41.4 491 176.5 (b) Butter for the manufacture of icecream (Reg 262/79) 7.5 28.2 25.9 24.0 24.4 22.6 132.6 (c) Concentrated butter for dir. consumption (Reg 649/78) — 4.7 1.5 5.1 7.3 5.7 24.3 (d) Promotion advertising and market research in the Community (Reg 723/78) — 10.1 37.4 26.7 35.2 25.6 173.7 (e) Market research outside the Community (Reg. 1993/78) (f) Improvement of the quality of milk (Reg 1271/78 and 723/78) 15.5 7.9 8.8 6.5