§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much revenue has been raised in fines imposed as a result of speed cameras in Southend since 1997. [152160]
§ Caroline FlintThe available information on the number of court fines and fixed penalties issued within the police force area of Essex for the offence of 'speeding detected by camera' for 1997–01 is shown in the table. It is not possible from the data collected centrally to identify Southend.
Information for 2002 will be available in the Spring.
Fixed penalty and court proceedings data for speeding offences detected by cameras1,2 in the Essex police force area, 1997–01 Fixed penalties Court proceedings Offence and year Number of tickets3 Estimated revenue4 (£) Number of fines Total amount of fine (£) Average fine5 (£) Speeding offences 1997 18,800 753,700 880 93,900 107 1998 8,700 346,600 1,700 227,400 134 1999 19,800 791,400 2,100 357,400 169 2000 46,300 2,007,200 2,800 317,800 115 2001 81,900 4,911,100 6,500 651,200 101 1 Automatic cameras until 1998, all camera types from 1999. 2 Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and The Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. 3 Paid i.e. no further action. 4 Estimate based on £40 fixed penalty charge to October 2000. From November 2000 the penalty was raised to £60. 5 Includes cases where fixed penalty notices were originally issued but not paid and subsequently referred to court.