HC Deb 01 February 2002 vol 379 cc575-6W
Norman Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many answers to parliamentary questions have not been answered by her to 2000. As the majority of such offences are dealt with by the issue of a fixed penalty, the table also shows the total amount of fixed penalties ordered to be paid.

Not all fines and fixed penalties will have been paid.

All fixed penalty fine revenue is passed to Her Majesty's Treasury. However, in April 2000, eight partnership areas, comprising local police forces, local authorities, highways authorities and magistrates courts, piloted a new 'netting-off scheme. This allows a proportion of the fixed penalty fine revenue from speed and red-light cameras to be re-invested to fund camera enforcement. Fine revenue is used to meet each of the partners' costs in relation to the administration, purchase, installation, operation and maintenance of the cameras.

Department under exemption 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information in each year since 1994. [29415]

Dr. Howells

[holding answer 22 January 2002]Questions that have not been answered under exemption 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information are detailed in the Reports on Ministerial Accountability and Parliamentary Questions published by the Select Committee on Public Administration (formerly the Public Service Select Committee). The most recent report covers the parliamentary Session 2000–01.

I understand that copies of these reports are available in the Library of the House and on the House of Commons website at www.publication.parliament.uk/pa.