§ Mr. DayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many speed cameras have been in operation each year since their inception; how many 385W speeding charges have been made annually as a result of their evidence and what percentage of all speeding charges annually have been made on the basis of evidence from speed cameras, in each police authority.
§ Mr. MacleanInformation on the number of speed cameras in operation is not available centrally in the form requested. However, a survey by the Department of Transport in early 1994 stated that 27 speed cameras were in use in England and Wales at the end of 1993.
Fixed penalities and prosecutions for speeding offences detected by automatic cameras England and Wales Number of offences Police force Fixed penalties Prosecutions Camera offences As a percentage of all offences Camera offences As a percentage of all offences 1992 1993 1992 1993 1992 1993 1992 1993 Avon and Somerset — — — — — 71 — 2 Devon and Cornwall — 9,241 — 66 6 910 — 40 Dorset — 1,129 — 11 — — — — Essex — — — — — 659 — 8 Leicestershire — — — — 1 95 — 4 Metropolitan — 3,804 — 9 283 3,225 2 24 Northumbria — — — — — 218 — 9 South Yorkshire — 46 — — — — — — Thames Valley — 11,547 — 54 — 1,196 — 30 Gwent — — — — — 16 — 2 Total — 25,767 — 7 290 6,390 — 6