§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fines were issued for speeding camera convictions in(a) Greater London and (b) each London borough in each year since 1997. [158442]
§ Caroline FlintAvailable information on the number of fixed penalties and court fines for the offence of `speeding detected by camera' in the calendar years 1997 to 2001 is shown in the table for Greater London. It is not possible from the data collected centrally to identify each London Borough.
Information for 2002 will be available in the Spring.
Fines and fixed penalties data for speeding Offences detected by camera1,2 within Greater London3, 1997–2001 Total fined at all courts Fixed Penalty Notices issued 1997 2,500 15,300 1998 2,900 14,200 1999 2,600 13,000 1146W
Selected Indicators Traffic Wardens Percentage Values 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Decrease Increase Forces Dorset 41 37 12 0 100 North Yorkshire 19 12 10 0 100 Cumbria 6 0 0 0 100 Kent 1 0 0 0 100 Bedfordshire 9 3 3 2 77.7 Essex 102 82 59 38 62.7 Staffordshire 24 17 12 10 58.3 West Midlands 175 128 78 74 57.7 Northamptonshire 16 11 7 7 56.2 Wiltshire 15 7 7 7 53.5 Hampshire 53 53 31 25 52.8
Fines and fixed penalties data for speeding Offences detected by camera1,2 within Greater London3, 1997–2001 Total fined at all courts
Fixed Penalty Notices issued
2000 2,200 44,100 2001 4,500 52,100 1Automatic cameras until 1998, all camera types from 1999 2Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and The Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. 3The Metropolitan and City of London police combined. 4Includes cases where fixed penalty notices were originally issued but not paid and subsequently referred to court.