§ Mr. DevlinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 12 March,Official Report, columns 536–37, what plans he has to review the use of Gatsometer speed cameras on trunk roads; and if he will make a statement on the results of the police procedures for assessing the effectiveness of this equipment. [22669]
§ Mr. MacleanThe deployment of speed cameras is an operational matter for the chief officer of police for the area concerned and the highway authority. The effectiveness of the cameras is being assessed in a cost-benefit study which has been commissioned by my Department.