§ John MannTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions which local authorities do not have(a) speed cameras and (b) plans for their early introduction. [13494]
Mr. Jamieson: The numbers and locations of speed cameras in police force areas are not held centrally. A funding system is now available nationally that covers the
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Lead agency Bid area Successful bids Bury MBC Whitefield Chester Community Safety Partnership Blacon and Lache City of Salford Winton and Little Hulton Collingwood Housing Association Spath Lane and Knowle Park Congleton BC Alsager Derwent and Solway Housing Association Workington Hyndburn FIRST Hyndburn Initiative Burnley Burnley Irwell Valley Housing Association Sale West and Manor Avenue Estates Lancaster City council Morecambe Liverpool Housing Trust Windmill Hill, Runcorn New East Manchester Ltd. Ancoats and Miles Platting Preston council Callon, St. Matthews and Ribbleton Riverside Housing Association Palacefields, Murdishaw, Halton Brook and Halwood Park. Runcorn South Liverpool Housing Speke and Garston Stockport MBC Stockport borough Tameside MBC Tameside Trafford MBC Lostock, Sale Moor, Broomwood Vale Royal BC Vale Royal Unsuccessful bids Blackpool BCI Grange Park, Mereside and George St./Caunce St. Bolton Town Centre Ltd. Bolton Bury MBC Huntley/Topping Fold Carlisle City council Botcherby, Raffles and Petterill Bank CDS Housing Association Castlefields, Runcorn Chester Community Safety Partnership Chester Copeland BC South Whitehaven Eden BC Eden Fylde BC St. Annes, Lytham and Kirkham Groundwork Blackburn Blackburn Home Housing Association Maryport Impact Housing Association Workington Knowsley MBC Kirkby Liverpool City council North Liverpool Macclesfield BC Knutsford, Macclesfield and Wilmslow Manchester City council Manchester Manchester Housing Cheetham Metropolitan borough of Wirral Bidston, Hoylake and Rockferry Oldham council Oldham Poynton and Worth parish council Poynton Riverside Housing Association Linacre Rochdale MBC Rochdale, Middleton, Heywood and Pennines South Ribble BC South Ribble St. Helens BC West Sutton, Parr and Hardshaw and Grange Park Tranmere Housing Regeneration Partnership—Maritime Housing Association Tranmere West Lanes DC West Lanes Wigan MBC Wigan and Leigh cost of the purchase and operation of speed cameras and, therefore, removes the key obstacle for camera deployment. It is expected to take around two years for all police force areas wishing to join the scheme to do so.