HC Deb 12 February 2004 vol 417 cc1657-9W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the new guidelines relating to the erection of speed cameras will cover existing cameras as well as new cameras. [148412]

Mr. Jamieson

The safety camera programme board produces a "Handbook of rules and guidelines for the operation of the national road safety camera programme for England and Wales" covering the assessment of proposed sites and the regular review of existing sites, copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House. The handbook is kept under review.

Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many speed cameras were in place on(a) 1 January and (b) 1 January in each of the previous eight years in each of the local authorities in greater London. [148437]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 19 January 2004]We do not hold information centrally for camera operations other than those operated within the Safety Camera Partnerships. London established such a partnership in July 2002. From information provided by the partnership, the number of approved fixed speed camera locations established in each local authority area since then is as shown in the following table.

Fixed speed cameras in greater London 2002 2003 additional locations 2004 proposed additional locations
City — — —
Westminster — — 2
Camden — — 2

Fixed speed cameras in greater London 2002 2003 additional locations 2004 proposed additional locations
Islington — 4 2
Hackney — 1 2
Tower Hamlets — 15 2
Greenwich — — 2
Lewisham — 2 2
Southwark 2 — 2
Lambeth — 4 2
Wandsworth — — 2
Hammersmith and Fulham — — 2
Kensington and Chelsea — — —
Waltham Forest 4 1 2
Redbridge 1 — 2
Havering — — 2
Barking — 1 2
Newham — — 2
Bexley — — —
Bromley — — 2
Croydon — — 2
Sutton — — 2
Merton — — 2
Kingston 2 — 2
Richmond 1 1 2
Hounslow — 2 2
Hillingdon — — 2
Ealing — 3 2
Brent — 1 2
Harrow 1 — 2
Barnet — — —
Haringey — — 2
Enfield 3 1 2
Total 14 36 60

In addition to these fixed site camera sites there are currently two approved mobile camera locations.

Mr. Baron

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 27 January,Official Report, columns 243–4W, on speed cameras, how much was raised in fines by the Essex Safety Camera Partnership in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003, broken down by (i) court proceedings and (ii) fixed penalties. [152695]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 3 February 2004]The information on 2002 court proceedings and fixed penalties for motoring offences will be available from the Home Office in the Spring of 2004 with 2003 data becoming available late 2004.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Written Answers of 3 February 2004,Official Report, column 826W, on speed cameras, what the reason is for the difference of £520,357 between the two amounts of money in the answers; and if he will make a statement as to what the £520,357 has been used for. [153591]

Mr. Jamieson

Written Question 151354 concerned the amount of fixed penalty fine receipts from Safety Camera offences in Essex in 2001–02 (£3,524,120). Written Question 151355 concerned the amount disbursed to the Essex Speed Camera Partnership for the operation of the safety cameras (£3,003,763). The other portion of the fine receipts (£520,357) accrued to the Consolidated Fund.