§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the value of fines collected as a result of the evidence of highway speed cameras(a) over the most recent months for which information is available and (b) over the 12 months preceding that. [11630]
§ Mr. MichaelThe information requested is not available centrally.
Some estimate of the revenue received can be made from the fact that there were 36,916 prosecutions for speeding offences detected by automatic cameras in England and Wales in 1995, the latest year for which figures are available, and 20,630 in 1994. The average amount of fine imposed for all speeding offences in 1995 was £107–£113 in 1994. Not all fines will have been paid.
The majority of speeding offences detected by automatic cameras are dealt with by fixed penalty, 170,014 in 1995 and 95,510 in 1994, the current charge being £40.