§ Mr. MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalties have been issued to cyclists for the offence of(a) carrying another person and (b) cycling on pavements, broken down by police force areas for the latest six month period for which figures are available; and how many of the penalties were issued to cyclists aged under 14 years. [126419]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe table gives the available information which relates to the period 1 August to 31 December 1999.
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New fixed penalty offences—Number of substantive tickets issued, England and Wales, August to December 1999 Police force Carrying more than one person on pedal cycle Cycling on footway (pavement) Registration mark defective Overtaking at pelican, zebra or puffin crossing Driving on footway (pavement) Total Leicestershire 1 13 30 — 2 46 Lincolnshire 9 15 118 1 3 146 London, City of — 10 5 — 10 25 Merseyside 1 18 3 — 5 27 Metropolitan Police — 29 109 22 8 168 Norfolk2 — 8 1 1 1 11 Northamptonshire — 2 36 — — 38 Northumbria 1 21 32 3 9 66 North Yorkshire — 18 33 2 53 106 Nottinghamshire — 5 146 — 2 153 South Yorkshire — 11 219 12 61 303 Staffordshire2 — 3 27 4 — 34 Suffolk 2 53 30 — — 85 Surrey — 13 78 1 4 96 Sussex — 15 5 — — 20 Thames Valley 1 8 — — 2 11 Warwickshire — 2 16 — 2 20 West Mercia 1 36 87 4 5 133 West Midlands — 4 12 1 1 18 West Yorkshire1 — — — — — — Wiltshire — 6 17 — 1 24 Dyfed-Powys — 7 — — 1 8 Gwent — — 29 1 1 31 North Wales n/a n/a — — 34 34 South Wales — 4 11 — 38 53 Total (39 forces) 28 570 1,937 138 369 3,042 1 Figures not yet available 2 October to December only 3 Included in column 2