§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many motorists have been prosecuted for speeding offences in each of the last three years in each police authority region.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is contained in the table:
487W
Prosecutions for speeding offences by police force area Number of offences England and Wales 1991 1992 1993 Avon and Somerset 4,908 6,102 3,074 Bedfordshire 2,173 1,723 803 Cambridgeshire 1,711 1,748 1,796 Cheshire 3,006 2,353 1,444 Cleveland 1,370 1,752 784 Cumbria 4,686 5,109 3,030 Derbyshire 4,623 3,645 2,143 Devon and Cornwall 6,377 3,890 2,276 Dorset 1,812 1,315 1,355 Durham 1,410 1,363 963 Essex 11,427 12,249 8,146 Gloucestershire 5.257 3,770 2,011 Greater Manchester 10,415 12,322 8,698 Hampshire 7,706 7,069 5,148 Hertfordshire 2,441 2,232 1,450 Humberside 2,017 1,616 988 Kent 3,393 2,854 3,655 Lancashire 8,369 6,366 3,072 Leicestershire 2,953 2,392 2,229 Lincolnshire 2,908 3,419 2,055 London, City of 146 189 138
Prosecutions for speeding offences by police force area Number of offences England and Wales 1991 1992 1993 Merseyside 2,529 2,370 1,742 Metropolitan Police District 13,002 14,376 13,226 Norfolk 3,332 3,466 1,474 Northamptonshire 1,875 1,612 871 Northumbria 3,051 3,446 2,368 North Yorkshire 3,013 2,538 1,238 Nottinghamshire 1,665 664 344 South Yorkshire 2,727 3,695 2,077 Staffordshire 2,539 3,007 1,741 Suffolk 2,595 2,618 1,655 Surrey 3,411 2,655 1,668 Sussex 3,279 4,262 3,118 Thames Valley 6,595 6,257 3,958 Warwickshire 2,550 2,177 1,692 West Mercia 4,013 3,712 3,353 West Midlands 6,443 5,306 4,623 West Yorkshire 6,727 5,954 3,802 Wiltshire 4,068 4,170 2,466 Dyfed-Powys 1,108 897 676 Gwent 1,283 1,113 962 North Wales 2,708 2,401 1,412 South Wales 1,359 1,178 847 England and Wales 168,980 161,352 110,571