HC Deb 22 June 1984 vol 62 cc300-10W
Mr. David Young

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the average fine for speeding imposed by each magistrates bench in England in each of the last five years; and if he will break down the figures as between fines imposed upon (a) private motorists, (b) commercial drivers and (c) bus drivers.

Mr. Mellor

[pursuant to his reply, 25 May 1984, c. 583]: Such information as may be provided without incurring disproportionate cost is given in the table, which gives for 1982 for each petty sessional division in England and Wales the average fine for speed limit offences and the number of offences on which this average was based. Variations in the average fine between petty sessional divisions may reflect variations in the types and circumstances of the offences dealt with.

Fines Imposed at Magistrates Courts for Speed Limit Offences.
England and Wales 1982
Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average Fine (£)
England
Avon
Bath 172 28.65
Bristol 871 30.91
Long Ashton 314 29.26
Thornbury 99 29.62
Wansdyke 112 26.77
Weston-super-Mare 1,924 45.07
Avon North 413 34.92
Bedfordshire
Ampthill 247 34.14
North Bedfordshire 332 38.30
Biggleswade 232 40.65
Dunstable 291 33.87
Leighton Buzzard 126 28.60
Luton 348 26.21
Berkshire
Bradfield and Sonning 281 24.91
Forest 281 28.94
Hungerford and Lambourn 12 42.33
Maidenhead 1,036 56.29
Newbury 747 50.14
Reading 487 29.98
Slough 332 27.67
Windsor 173 28.43
Buckinghamshire
Amersham 83 41.49
Aylesbury 940 25.20
Brill 9 26.22
Buckingham 97 19.89
Burnbam 966 48.61
Chesham 69 48.28
High Wycombe 353 32.88
Linslade 16 35.25
Marlow 179 31.38
Winslow 31 35.10
Wycombe (County) 142 27.06
Milton Keynes 1,704 33.83
Cambridge
Cambridge City 490 33.93
Ely 53 33.60
North Witchford 105 26.19
Toseland 231 27.00
Wisbech 304 24.37
Huntingdon 489 29.48
Peterborough 1,106 28.38
S. Cambridgeshire 644 35.02
Newmarket 170 35.18
Chester
Chester 1,787 25.71
Congleton 1,292 35.10
Crewe and Nantwich 598 27.28
Ellesmere Port and Neston 499 25.85
Halton 969 28.17
Macclesfield 1,953 26.96
Vale Royal 1,721 24.35
Warrington 2,432 24.96
Cleveland
Hartlepool 500 28.78
Langbaurgh 63 19.17
Teesside 2,241 23.23
Cornwall
Bodmin and Trigg 172 35.27
Dunheved 67 29.30
East Middle 34 25.38
East Penwith 516 18.89

Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average Fine (£)
East Powder 37 27.84
East South 21 28.14
Falmouth 9 30.44
Helston and Kerrier 35 26.03
Lesnewth 1 40.00
Liskerrett 18 31.50
Penryn 12 24.17
Penwith 53 25.85
Pydar 98 25.72
South Powder 2 39.00
Stratton 3 20.00
Truro and West Powder 88 24.65
Wadebridge 4 36.25
Cumbria
Ambleside and Windermere 40 26.63
Barrow-in-Furness 214 28.20
Bootle 3 13.33
Carlisle 792 28.56
Cockermouth 212 48.67
Eastward 166 27.32
Kendal 480 30.19
Keswick 98 46.26
Maryport 48 33.23
North Lonsdale 90 28.72
Penrith 154 36.55
West Ward 304 42.25
Whitehaven 387 32.79
Wigton 74 20.74
Workington 135 35.76
Derbyshire
Chesterfield 1,866 29.55
Glossop 261 22.23
High Peak 319 26.90
Ilkeston 734 29.24
Alrreton and Belper 1,263 45.23
Derby and South Derbyshire 1,142 29.71
West Derbyshire 304 30.29
Devon
Axminster 10 32.(60)
Barnstaple 377 24.97
Bideford and Great Torrington 53 27.32
Cullompton 263 40.15
Exeter 312 31.91
Exmouth 210 29.08
Honiton 49 26.43
Okehampton 44 37.34
Plymouth 767 26.24
Plympton 62 28.97
South Molton 22 26.59
Tavistock 34 34.56
Teignbridge 592 45.13
Tiverton 10 43.10
Torbay 269 28.81
Totnes 80 32.80
Wonfond 412 35.93
Dorset
Blandford 244 37.75
Bournemouth 1,548 36.01
Bridport 460 23.19
Christchurch 171 37.53
Dorchester 773 22.39
Poole 1,549 36.74
Shaftesbury 88 20.48
Sberbourne 129 21.28
Sturminster 106 34.75
Wareham 424 35.09
Weymouth and Portland 393 22.47
Wimborne 263 36.09
Durham
Chester-le-Street 145 31.10
Darlington 408 34.20

Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average Fine (£)
Derwentside 198 23.24
Easington 271 41.25
Sedgefield 470 32.23
Teesdale and Wear Valley 667 19.90
East Sussex
Battle and Rye 170 30.02
Bexhill 117 25.90
Brighton 738 37.87
Crowborough 52£1 27.81
Eastbourne 218 21.67
Hailsham 617 25.05
Hastings 419 34.21
Hove 512 45.37
Lewes 471 34.62
Essex
Billericay 492 47.00
Brentwood 420 45.94
Chelmsford 352 40.71
Colchester 540 38.44
Dengie and Maldon 29 29.52
Dunmow 62 32.52
Epping and Ongar 542 48.29
Freshwell and South Hinckford 106 32.56
Harlow 102 34.73
Harwich 51 55.10
Rochford 318 34.66
Saffron Waldon 391 39.25
Southend-on-Sea 819 34.41
Tendring 146 36.46
Thurrock 456 41.58
Witham 305 43.82
Halstead and Hedingham 44 29.73
Gloucestershire
Campden 61 34.30
Cheltenham 744 25.56
Coleford 106 25.51
Lydney 249 26.53
Newnham 46 22.48
Northleach 164 34.02
Stow-on-the-Wold 348 34.75
Stroud 171 28.00
Tewkesbury 144 28.88
Whitminster 2,197 45.90
Cirencester, Fairfd, Tetby 802 29.17
Berkeley and Dursley 18 37.39
Gloucester 1,407 26.56
Greater Manchester
Bolton 1,547 31.89
Bury 1,253 30.97
Manchester 2,601 21.51
Oldham 579 26.43
Middleton and Heywood 243 36.05
Rochdale 871 19.25
Eccles 506 34.05
Salford 697 31.57
Stockport 1,036 30.62
Ashton-under-Lyne 872 24.46
South Tameside 355 28.14
Trafford 1,501 29.23
Leigh 619 32.18
Makerfield 1,077 28.17
Wigan 1,105 28.29
Hampshire
Alton 200 42.41
Andover 538 58.18
Basingstoke 1,292 42.33
Droxford 115 36.67
Eastleigh 582 19.18
Fareham 981 36.23
Gosport 94 31.17
Havant 426 33.84

Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average fine (£)
Hythe 87 21.21
Lymington 239 28.54
Odiham 808 29.66
Petersfield 614 44.14
Portsmouth 930 33.29
Ringwood 189 29.51
Romsey 400 34.05
Southampton 1,442 35.79
Totton and New Forest 835 37.34
Winchester 605 44.66
Havering 469 32.39
Hereford and Worcester
Bewdley Borough 24 26.08
Bromsgrove 661 26.51
Bromyard 2 20.00
Dore and Bredwardine 4 28.50
Droitwich 52 25.37
Evesham 116 25.08
Hereford (Borough) 244 20.81
Hereford (County) 123 28.32
Kidderminster 512 25.62
Kington 40 23.25
Ledbury 10 24.20
Leominster and Wigmore 118 19.35
Malvern 50 26.50
Pershore 244 27.20
Redditch 498 25.00
Ross 168 30.01
Stourport 134 26.04
Upton on Severn 11 22.64
Worcester (Borough) 370 24.89
Worcester (County) 361 26.07
Worcester (County) (Mway) 1,031 35.86
Hertfordshire
Bishop's Stortford 74 20.53
Cheshunt 709 33.94
Dacorum 915 27.91
Hatfield 302 26.83
St. Albans 1,257 31.35
South Mimms 163 44.91
Stevenage 664 22.45
Watford 779 30.12
Welwyn 260 29.53
Hertford and Ware 709 29.88
North Hertfordshire 837 26.58
Humberside
Bainton Beacon 96 26.10
Barton-upon-Humber 108 21.23
Beverley 135 29.26
Brigg 433 22.43
Dickering 102 22.83
Epworth and Goole 1,361 33.29
Grimsby Borough 143 28.55
Cleethorpes 137 26.08
Holme Beacon 67 27.04
Howdenshire 24 38.00
Kingston upon Hull 1,303 28.97
Middle Holderness 95 19.37
North Holderness 41 22.68
Scunthorpe 832 30.77
South Holderness 45 26.58
South Hunsley Beacon 869 38.81
Wilton Beacon 111 22.09
Grimsby and Cleethorpes 360 27.93
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight 349 28.49
Kent
Ashford and Tenterden 604 25.90
Canterbury and St. Augustin 802 28.93
Dartford 2,199 39.62
Dover and East Kent 637 27.44

Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average Fine (£)
Faversham 280 39.78
Folkestone and Hythe 753 20.85
Gravesham 667 33.73
Maidstone 1,240 26.58
Margate 556 27.11
Medway 1,297 31.25
Ramsgate 380 26.53
Sevenoaks 1,172 29.92
Sittingbourne 203 38.40
Tonbridge and Mailing 1,178 30.20
Tunbridge W. and Cranbrook 347 25.31
Lancashire
Accrington 94 26.10
Blackburn 129 28.61
Blackpool 811 28.19
Burnley 248 27.81
Chorley 201 30.97
Church 106 30.54
Darwen 99 24.93
Fylde 603 29.15
Lancaster 699 30.43
Ormskirk 234 29.61
Pendle 193 31.53
Preston 206 32.78
Rossendale 129 32.19
South Ribble 233 31.23
Ribble Valley 51 31.96
Wyre 376 27.60
Leicestershire
Ashby-de-la-Zouch 130 26.47
Leicester (City) 1,268 24.32
Leicester (County) 1.19 30.29
Loughborough 348 23.74
Lutterworth 82 27.27
Market Bosworth 99 30.30
Market Harborough 54 20.13
Melton & Belvoir 167 25.71
Rutland 404 32.26
Lincolnshire
Alford 36 17.89
Boston 538 29.74
Bourne 342 26.68
Caistor 27 34.44
East Elloe 96 28.06
Gainsborough 207 23.71
Grantham 895 28.81
Horncastle 224 16.74
Lincoln (City) 629 18.83
Lincoln (Kesteven) 290 33.36
Lindsey (Lincoln, Wragby) 369 30.46
Louth 210 24.50
Market Rasen 36 26.25
Sleaford 312 25.27
Spilsby 234 20.14
Stamford 73 28.77
West Elloe 278 29.21
London (Inner)
Hampstead 201 39.23
Guildhall Justice Room 41 34.00
Mansion House Justice Room 74 36.45
Bow Street 168 27.51
Clerkenwell 557 22.19
Greenwich 403 29.66
Marlborough Street 4 52.50
Marylebone 873 36.79
Old Street 238 31.10
South Western 118 29.37
Thames 436 27.17
Tower Bridge 149 28.95
West London (Southcombe Street) 385 24.61
Woolwich 544 30.07
Wells Street 7 34.57

Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average Fine (£)
Camberwell Green 1,009 25.18
West London (Walton Street) 49 26.80
Horseferry Road 382 24.80
Highbury Corner 736 26.95
London (Outer)
Stratford 1 40.00
West Ham 276 34.89
Acton 211 40.18
Barnet 194 36.59
Brentford 411 57.51
Bromley 111 27.86
Bexley 373 30.37
Wallington 156 25.54
Croydon 177 28.59
Ealing 62 47.34
Hendon 396 33.57
Highgate 1,175 36.33
Sutton 245 36.42
Edmonton 1,362 37.87
Harrow 755 33.81
Willesden 312 44.30
Wimbledon 267 25.21
Uxbridge 198 37.68
Richmond upon Thames 298 32.80
New Spelthorne (Feltham) 303 41.83
Kingston-upon-Thames 240 34.98
Waltham Forest 254 29.91
Barking 683 29.69
Redbridge 808 38.15
Merseyside
Knowsley 865 27.88
Liverpool 3,240 32.74
St. Helens 1,907 23.30
North Sefton 414 26.87
South Sefton 760 30 .24
Wirral 1,146 27.76
Norfolk
Norwich 1,247 32.73
Downham Market 172 29.37
Diss 140 41.54
East Dereham 219 30.00
Fakenham 36 25.78
Wymondham 129 32.17
Great Yarmouth 498 32.96
Kings Lynn 285 27.53
Cromer 43 28.56
Hunstanton 50 24.20
Swaffham 253 21.83
Thetford 149 33.11
North Walsham 19 32.38
Northamptonshire
Brackley 57 33.07
Corby 384 36.77
Daventry 374 42.62
Kettering 577 31.16
Mid-Northants 256 48.73
Northampton 954 29.29
Oundle & Thrapston 231 30.77
Towcester 210 30.02
Wellingborough 209 32.37
Northumberland
Bamburgh 180 35.64
Bellingham 61 34.51
Berwick-upon-Tweed 108 35.41
Blyth Valley 371 29.20
East Coquetdale 157 39.20
Glendale 13 32.69
Hexham 404 37.56
Morpeth 301 30.49
Wansbeck 249 27.99
West Coquetdale 246 29.49

Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average *Fine (£)
North Yorkshire
Allertonshire 45 26.98
Birdforth 68 31.84
Bulmer East 81 34.35
Bulmer West 10 21.00
Claro 313 39.60
Gilling East 82 44.87
Hallikeld 109 43.01
Hang East 220 28.78
Richmond & Gilling West 13 25.54
Ripon Liberty 6 29.17
Ryedale 23 21.83
Scarborough 260 27.75
Selby 580 27.86
Staincliffe 133 33.10
Stokesley 37 24.84
Whitby Strand 52 23.56
York 107 22.23
Malton 91 28.80
Nottinghamshire
Bingham 48 29.52
Nottingham (City) 1,147 27.34
Nottingham (County) 1,259 36.14
Worksop 856 33.34
Mansfield 789 29.86
Newark & Southwell 438 37.84
Oxfordshire
Bampton East 950 30.83
Bampton West 570 32.43
Bicester 241 27.78
Bullingdon 639 32.08
Chipping Norton 42 27.21
Henley 63 29.48
Moreton & Wallingford 117 33.60
North Oxfordshire 507 28.34
Oxford 979 31.10
Watlington 182 47.44
Abingdon 730 38.98
Wantage & Faringdon 198 32.40
Woodstock 586 28.78
Shropshire
Bridgnorth 41 21.07
Drayton 122 20.10
Ludlow 22 23.56
Oswestry 160 19.11
Shifnal 10 33.80
Shrewsbury 354 19.82
The Wrekin 193 31.50
Wenlock 139 21.51
Somerset
Frome 88 24.66
Ilminster 14 31.79
Sedgemoor 200 27.54
Shepton Mallet 98 25.66
Somerton 30 22.50
Taunton Deane 1,312 39.29
Wells 91 26.78
West Somerset 31 26.35
Wincanton 59 35.80
Yeovil 231 28.21
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 944 40.31
Doncaster 1,662 39.52
Rotherham 856 45.89
Sheffield 2,957 40.95
Staffordshire
Burton-upon-Trent 375 31.23
Cannock 1,111 35.37
Cheadle 75 35,15

Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average Fine (£)
Eccleshall 416 48.88
Leek 224 34.19
Lichfleld 687 34.36
Newcastle-under-Lyme 209 33.89
Pirehill North 462 40.66
Rugeley 99 35.60
Seisdon 289 29.64
Stafford 482 43.43
Stoke-on-Trent 1,456 32.94
Stone 40 39.90
Tamworth 181 31.96
Uttoxeter 34 22.15
Suffolk
Beccles 118 17.02
Blything 84 16.31
Felixstowe 130 33.42
Hartismere 45 22.56
Lackford 133 29.05
Lowestoft 128 16.16
Newmarket 332 39.87
Risbridge 12 24.17
St. Edmundsbury 384 34.26
Stow 259 33.45
Sudbury and Cosford 60 28.80
Woodbridge 87 26.76
Ipswich 711 30.26
Surrey
Chertsey 319 33.07
Dorking 282 31.26
Epsom 555 34.41
Esher and Walton 640 34.49
Farnham 337 32.79
Godstone 261 28.43
Guildford 594 37.44
Reigate 566 45.52
Staines and Sunbury 113 30.65
Woking 142 30.37
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 488 36.35
Newcastle upon Tyne 707 22.19
North Tyneside 661 28.81
South Tyneside 619 27.54
Houghton-le-Spring 295 27.47
Sunderland 451 19.93
Warwickshire
Alcester 87 26.59
Atherstone and Coleshill 695 39.18
Kineton 10 36.70
Nuneaton 180 28.32
Rugby 324 29.02
Shipston-on-Stour 54 29.35
Southam 10 25.50
Stratford-upon-Avon 413 25.93
Warwick 717 26.97
West Midlands
Birmingham 5,320 32.33
Sutton Coldfield 726 27.79
Coventry 1,850 26.81
Dudley 1,175 33.56
Halesowen 292 30.55
Stourbridge 260 30.68
Warley 649 37.01
West Bromwich 1,321 35.66
Solihull 2,319 29.18
Aldridge and Brownhills 1,568 27.65
Walsall 1,606 30.89
Wolverhampton 1,705 24.77
West Sussex
Arundle 107 27.80
Chichester 307 45.40

Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average Fine (£)
Crawley 140 30.76
Horsham 179 37.78
Midhurst 78 42.56
Mid-Sussex 970 40.06
Petwonh 99 38.71
Steyning 318 31.35
Worthing 277 29.77
West Yorkshire
Bradford 503 30.36
Keighley 263 24.45
Brighouse 337 46.19
Calder 6 30.00
Todmorden 69 31.16
Calder 361 40.99
Batley 101 35.55
Dewsbury 472 33.42
Huddersfield 1,022 40.12
Leeds 1,710 33.15
Morley 142 53.63
Pudsey and Otley 211 41.75
Skyrack and Wetherby 940 47.51
Pontefract 652 29.66
Wakefield 603 37.20
Wiltshire
Bradford 65 29.63
Calne 32 24.00
Chippenham 756 28.27
Cricklade 199 19.28
Devizes 224 26.22
Everley & Pewsey 272 18.19
Malmesbury 19 28.89
Marlborough 286 30.61
Melksham 78 19.04
Salisbury 1,016 32.77
Swindon 1,349 35.41
Tisbury & Mere 95 30.69
Trowbridge 23726.14
Warminster 343 29.76
Westbury 149 24.82
Whorwellsdown 118 30.39
WALES
Clwyd
Berwyn 168 19.52
Colwyn 535 28.68
Dyffryn 185 26.86
Flint 119 29.19
Hawarden 184 28.71
Mold 143 31.85
Rhuddlan 277 31.02
Wrexham Maelor 532 27.86
Dyfed
Aberaeron 49 22.49
Aberystwyth 309 22.65
Amman Valley 59 20.34
Cardigan 91 20.15
Carmarthen 486 38.14
Cemaes 44 17.41
Dewsland 20 35.25
Fishguard 16 17.44
Haverfordwest 64 32.50
Lampeter 11 16.00
Llandeilo 123 21.26
Llandovery 20 19.25
Llandyssul 3 18.67
Llanelli 578 22.43
Milford Haven 45 35.64
Narberth 29 33.38
Newcastle Emlyn 66 25.17
Pembroke 44 32.52
Pencader 15 25.33
Rhydlewis 12 27.50
St. Clears 27 30.74

Petty Sessional Division Number of Offences Average Fine (£)
Tenby 19 36.68
Tregaron 1 15.00
Gwent
Abergavenny 76 23.16
Bedwellty 152 24.43
Cwmbran 70 23.87
Chepstow 162 26.98
Monmouth 80 26.00
Newport 928 27.30
Pontypool 65 31.46
Usk 225 24.31
Gwynedd
Ardudwy-is-Artro 23 23.91
Ardudwy-uwch-Artro 72 28.58
Bangor 138 38.24
Conwy & Llandudno 457 33.55
Eifionydd 41 29.02
Estimaner 5 17.60
Nant Conwy 109 28.90
North Anglesey 120 32.09
Penllyn 61 21.98
Pwllheli 37 24.62
South Anglesey 81 35.77
Talybont 33 20.55
Caemarfon & Gwyrfai 209 33.25
Mid-Glamorgan
Cynon Valley 139 23.47
Lower Rhymney Valley 60 37.17
Merthyr Tydfil 162 35.73
Miskin 371 34.60
Newcastle & Ogmore 602 30.79
Upper Rhymney Valley 5 49.00
Powys
Crickhowell 36 20.83
Llandrindod Wells 20 23.00
Llanidloes 4 17.50
Machynlleth 2 27.50
Rhayader 69 17.54
Talgarth 2 17.50
Ystradgynlais 20 37.35
Brecon 18 25.44
East Radnor 8 24.13
Builth 10 20.40
Welshpool 106 26.25
Newtown 86 28.74
South Glamorgan
Cardiff 1,043 27.53
Vale of Glamorgan 336 30.05
West Glamorgan
Afan 394 34.08
Lliw Valley 346 19.99
Neath 213 29.94
Swansea City 682 30.31
Total
England and Wales 257,604 31.77