§ Mr. Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the approximate annual cost for each policy authority area of traffic wardens and the approximate income in each area from parking meters and other public parking facilities that are serviced by traffic wardens.
§ Mr. BrittanThe cost of the pay of traffic wardens in each police authority in the year 1978–79 is given in the table below.
The other elements of the annual cost of running the traffic warden service in each area cannot be obtained without disproportionate expense. The revenue obtained from parking meters is a matter for local authorities.
Traffic Wardens Pay 1978–79 £ Avon and Somerset P.A. 495,526 Bedfordshire C.C. 141,605 Cambridgeshire C.C. 157,118 Cheshire C.C. 181,726 Cleveland C.C. 110,493 Cumbria C.C. 82,414 Derbyshire C.C. 308,437 Devon and Cornwall P.A. 529,707 Dorset C.C 154,456 Durham C.C. 90,553 Dyfed-Powys P.A. 97,690 Essex C.C. 389,044 Gloucestershire C.C. 112,945 Greater Manchester C.C. 711,804 Gwent C.C. 70,456 Hampshire P.A. 413,221 Hertfordshire C.C. 316,203 Humberside CC. 207,666 Kent C.C. 472,163 Lancashire C.C. 311,434 Leicestershire C.C. 313,290 Lincolnshire C.C. 104,955 Merseyside C.C. 456,236 Norfolk C.C. 187,683 Northamptonshire C.C. 126,217 Northumbria P.A. 481,871 North Wales P.A. 148,328 North Yorkshire C.C. 181,373 Nottinghamshire C.C. 299,655 South Wales P.A. 348,925 South Yorkshire C.C. 234,843 Staffordshire C.C. 167,909 Suffolk C.C. 148,131 Surrey C.C. 80,752 Sussex P.A. 428,423 Thames Valley P.A. 322,022 Warwickshire C.C 91,009 West Mercia P.A. 220,030 West Midlands C.C. 742,726 West Yorkshire C.C. 498,083 Wiltshire C.C. 139,435 City of London 187,970 M.P.D. 5,121,465 Total 16,385,992