§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the causes of the decline in prosecutions for riding a pedal cycle under the influence of drink or drugs during the last decade. [133549]
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§ Mr. BoatengNo assessment has been made by my Department.
§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) of 26 June 2000,Official Report, columns 384–86W, if he will call for reports on the reasons for the absence of fixed penalties for cycling on pedestrian footways in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) Essex, (d) Humberside and (e) Gwent, between 1 August and 31 December 1999. [133990]
§ Mr. BoatengThe issuing of fixed penalties for cycling offences is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police. Data from Essex have now been received and show that 76 fixed penalty notices were issued for cycling on the pavement in the period August to December 1999. I have no plans to call for reports in this instance from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Humberside and Gwent.
§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) of 26 June 2000,Official Report, columns 384–86W, if he will call for reports on the reasons for the fewness of fixed penalties for cycling on pedestrian footways in (a) Cheshire, (b) Cleveland, (c) Cumbria, (d) Derbyshire, (e) Dorset, (f) Durham, (g) Lancashire, (h) Norfolk, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) Nottinghamshire, (k) Staffordshire, (l) Thames Valley, (m) Warwickshire, (n) West Midlands, (o) Wiltshire, (p) Dyfed-Powys and (q) South Wales between 1 August and 31 December 1999. [133993]
§ Mr. BoatengThe issuing of fixed penalties is an operational matter for the police. I have no plans to call for reports in this instance for the police forces concerned.
§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) of 26 June 2000,Official Report, columns 384–86W, if he will call for reports on the reasons for the absence of fixed penalties for carrying more than one person on a pedal cycle in (a) Wiltshire, (b) South Wales, (c) Dyfed-Powys and (d) Gwent, between 1 August and 31 December 1999. [133991]
§ Mr. BoatengThe issuing of fixed penalties is an operational matter for the police. I have no plans to call for reports in this instance from the police forces concerned.