§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which health authorities no longer fund (i) obstructive sleep apnoea referrals and (ii) sex change assessments and operations. [7278]
§ Mr. MaloneInformation about health authority purchasing decisions is not held centrally. Each case should be decided on its clinical merits.
150Wwhat is his estimate of the level of fines which will be imposed in each of these areas in the current financial year. [7752]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 9 December 1996]: The information requested is not available.
The majority of offences of speeding detected by automatic cameras are dealt with by fixed penalty notice, the current charge being £40. The number of such offences for Dorset and England are contained in the table.
Information is not available to distinguish whether or not speeding offences dealt with by fines were detected by automatic cameras, but the average fine for all speeding offences in England and Wales is also shown, along with the number of camera detected offences dealt with by court proceedings.
No estimates are made of future fine levels likely to be imposed.