§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total sum collected in fines for speeding where the offence was identified using a speed camera, broken down by police force in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [26157]
§ Mr. MichaelThe information requested is not available centrally nor is information available to distinguish whether or not speeding offences dealt with by fines were detected by automatic cameras. However, 523W the average fine for all speeding offences in England and Wales is given in the table, together with the number of camera detected offences dealt with by court proceedings.
The majority of speeding offences detected by automatic cameras are dealt with by fixed penalty notice, the current charge being £40. The number of such offences for England and Wales is also contained in the table.
Such figures by individual police force area could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Speeding offences by how detected and how dealt with and average fines Camera detected offences dealt with by fixed penalty Camera detected offences dealt with by court proceedings Average fine for speeding (all offences) £ 1992 — 290 87 1993 25,767 6,390 127 1994 95,510 20,630 113 1995 170,014 36,916 107 19961 212,600 49,800 101 1 Provision figures