§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to my hon. Friend the 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) Avon and Somerset, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Cheshire, (e) Derbyshire, (f) Durham, (g) Essex, (h) Gloucestershire, (i) Hertfordshire, (j) Humberside, (k) the City of ondon, (l) the Metropolitan Police area, (m) Norfolk, (n) Northamptonshire, (o) North Yorkshire,(p) Nottinghamshire, (q) South Yorkshire, (r) Staffordshire, (s) Surrey, (t) Sussex, (u) Warwickshire, (v) the West Midlands and (w) West Yorkshire, between 1 August and 31 December 1999. [134070]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe issuing of fixed penalties for cycling offences is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police. Data from Essex and Humberside have now been received and show that two and three fixed penalties were issued respectively for carrying more than one person on a pedal cycle for the period August to December 1999. Data have also now been received from West Yorkshire and show that one fixed penalty was issued for carrying more than one person on a pedal cycle for the period November to December 1999. Cambridgeshire cannot supply relevant data. The remaining forces have indicated that no fixed penalty notices were issued. I have no plans to call for reports in this instance from the forces referred to by my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell).
§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell), of 26 June 2000,Official Report, columns 384–86W, if he will call for a report on the reason for the absence of fixed penalties for cycling on pedestrian footways in West Yorkshire between 1 August and 31 December 1999. [134069]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe issuing of fixed penalties for cycling offences is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police. Data from West Yorkshire have now been received and show that two fixed penalties were issued for the offence of cycling on the pavement in the period November to December 1999. No data are available for the period August to 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 the footway (pavement) Registration mark defective Overtaking at pelican zebra or puffin crossing Driving on footway (pavement) Total Humberside 3 19 35 3 1 61 Kent 2 48 84 2 39 175 Lancashire 2 8 65 — 41 116 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 Yorkshire3 1 — — 2 2 5 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 (42 forces) 34 665 2,208 144 377 3,428 1Included in column 2 2October to December only 3November to December only 4Figures not available