§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total annual revenue from parking fines levied within the Greater London Council area; what is the individual cost of processing a parking ticket within the Greater London Council area; and what is the total annual cost, both in terms of wages and administration, of the parking penalty system within the Greater London Council area.
§ Mr. MayhewThe figures requested are available only for the Metropolitan Police district. In 1979, the latest year for which complete figures are available, revenue from the payment of fixed penalty notices for parking offences was £5,386,296. In the same year a further £489,018 in fines and costs was paid in cases which originated in fixed penalty notices but were dealt with by the courts.
The latest information relating to the last two questions dates back to 1978, and is to be found in part IV and annex K of the report of the interdepartmental working party on road traffic law, published in May.