HL Deb 15 December 2004 vol 667 cc98-100WA
Lord Roberts of Llandudno

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many prosecutions for speeding there have been in each United Kingdom police authority since 1 January 2003. [HL34]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Information for England and Wales and Scotland, for 2002 (latest available) is given in Table A and B respectively. Figures for 2003 will not be available until early in 2005.

The number of Northern Ireland prosecutions for speeding during the calendar year 2002 was 3,384. Information for 2003 will not be available until January 2005.

Table A Prosecutions at magistrates' courts for speed limit offences(1) England and Wales.
Police force area Number of offences 2002
Avon & Somerset 5,318
Bedfordshire 1,828
Cambridgeshire 563
Cheshire 4,311
Cleveland 1,493
Cumbria 1,659
Derbyshire 3,980
Devon & Cornwall 4,390
Dorset 1,164
Durham 1,745
Essex 17,004
Gloucestershire 1,319
Greater Manchester 7,677
Hampshire 5,422
Hertfordshire 3,588

Table A Prosecutions at magistrates' courts for speed limit offences(1) England and Wales.
Police force area Number of offences 2002
Humberside 1,537
Kent 1,834
Lancashire 4,320
Leicestershire 1,882
Lincolnshire 3,873
London, City of 614
Merseyside 725
Metropolitan Police 8,357
Norfolk 1,413
Northamptonshire 259
Northumbria 2,937
North Yorkshire 1,354
Nottinghamshire 2,182
South Yorkshire 2,000
Staffordshire 1,808
Suffolk 1,379
Surrey 2,226
Sussex 2,940
Thames Valley 11,887
Warwickshire 1,921
West Mercia 2,557
West Midlands 8,386
West Yorkshire 2,841
Wiltshire 3,262

Table A Prosecutions at magistrates' courts for speed limit offences(1) England and Wales.
Police force area Number of offences 2002
Dyfed-Powys 738
Gwent 2,379
North Wales 4,426
South Wales 2,674
England & Wales 144,172
(1) An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1984 ss. 16, 81, 84, 86, 88 & 89; Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regs. 1973; Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926—byelaws made thereunder.

Table B Persons proceeded against for speeding offences by police force area Scotland.
Police force area Number of offences 2002
Central 721
Dumfries & Galloway 935
Fife 559
Grampian 1,095
Lothian & Borders 1,687
Northern 1,272
Strathclyde 1,669
Tayside 1,715
Total 9,653