§ Mr. BaronTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 6 January 2004,Official Report, column 216W, on speed cameras, how 244W much money was raised in fines by the Essex Safety Camera Partnership for each of the five years prior to 2001–02. [147572]
§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 13 January 2004]The amount raised in fines detected by speed cameras within the area covered by Essex Safety Camera Partnership between 1997 and 2001 was as follows:
Court proceedings and fixed penalties data for speeding offences detected by cameras1,2 in the Essex police force area, 1997–2001 Court proceedings Fixed penalties Number of fines Total amount (£) Average fine (£)3 Number of tickets4 Estimated revenue (£)5 1997 880 93,900 107 18,800 753,700 1998 1,700 227,400 134 8,700 346,600 1999 2,100 357,400 169 19,800 791,400 2000 2,800 317,800 115 46,300 2,007,200 2001 6,500 651,200 101 81,900 4.911,100 1 Automatic cameras until 1998. All camera types from 1999. 2 Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and The Motorway Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways Regulations 1973). 3 Includes fines imposed by courts (cases where fixed penalty notices were originally issued but not paid and subsequently referred to court). 4 Paid i.e. no further action. 5 Estimate based on £40 fixed penalty charge to October 2000. From November 2000, the fixed penalty was raised to £60.