§ Mr. HepburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many convictions for speeding were obtained as a result of evidence from speed cameras in(a)South Tyneside, (b)the north-east and (c)the United Kingdom in 2001; [39759]
(2) how many speed cameras there are in (a)South Tyneside, (b)the north-east and (c)the United Kingdom. [39758]
§ Mr. DenhamThe available information on the number of convictions and fixed penalty notices issued for the offence of "speeding detected by camera device" for 2000 is shown in the table. Statistics for 2001 are not yet available. It is not possible from the data collected to identify South Tyneside and there are no central records to indicate the number of speed cameras in operation in England and Wales. However, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) estimates that there are about 4,500 speeding camera sites in England and Wales. Information relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland (Mrs. Liddell) and Northern Ireland (Dr. John Reid).
Prosecutions and fixed penalty notices paid for the offence of speeding detected by camera device1, in 2000 Number of offences Prosecutions Fixed penalties paid South Tyneside 2— 2— North East Region3 10,800 38,500 Total England and Wales 109,200 624,300 1Offences under Sections 16, 81, 84, 86, 88, 89 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. 2Not available 3Region covers Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria police forces—source Office for National Statistics.
§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been prosecuted as a result of speed camera evidence in each year since 1997 broken down by(a)police force area and (b)local authority area. [45587]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyInformation on the number of prosecutions for speeding as a result of camera evidence, by police force area, is shown in the table. Data are not available by local authority area.
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Prosecutions at magistrate courts for speeding offences detected by camera by police force area 1997 to 2000 Number of offences 1997 1998 1999 2000 Avon and Somerset 2,186 2,997 1,607 1,660 Bedfordshire 1,436 3,518 1,536 1,861 Cambridgeshire 2,661 1,553 1,280 800 Cheshire — 361 405 2,280 Cleveland 263 576 586 376 Cumbria 1 32 82 87 Derbyshire 1,097 1,416 1,366 950 Devon and Cornwall 2,880 2,684 2,848 3,353 Dorset 241 446 473 471
Prosecutions at magistrate courts for speeding offences detected by camera by police force area 1997 to 2000 Number of offences 1997 1998 1999 2000 Durham — 12 96 3,745 Essex 951 1,808 2,231 3,060 Gloucestershire 793 586 289 315 Greater Manchester 2,659 4,355 13,442 16,405 Hampshire — — 508 1,035 Hertfordshire 121 108 485 1,330 Humberside 253 338 695 1,513 Kent 82 296 368 84 Lancashire 539 935 1,105 978 Leicestershire 97 1,193 641 597 Lincolnshire — 580 1,229 1,703 London, City of — — — 6 Merseyside 3,528 9,477 8,450 5,156 Metropolitan police 8,297 2,983 2,749 5,522 Norfolk 25 60 62 23 Northamptonshire — — 857 6,548 Northumbria 1,141 1,168 1,737 6,662 North Yorkshire — 1 32 13 Nottinghamshire 73 263 508 546 South Yorkshire 174 240 219 273 Staffordshire 366 779 1,160 5,821 Suffolk — 158 38 132 Surrey 145 124 196 2,353 Sussex 2,292 2,093 2,087 2,018 Thames Valley 2,761 2,943 860 1,118 Warwickshire — — 1,069 2,161 West Mercia — 186 195 210 West Midlands 7,424 13,430 5,790 2,043 West Yorkshire 2,067 2,342 1,886 1,172 Wiltshire 2,674 3,497 4,220 2,440 Total England 47,227 63,538 63,387 86,820 Dyfed Powys — — 35 1,359 Gwent — — 10,035 11,421 North Wales — — 1,024 8,351 South Wales 819 1,534 1,115 1,206 Total Wales 819 1,534 12,209 22,337 Total England & Wales 48,046 65,072 75,596 109,157
§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much net income police forces have received from speed camera fines in each year since 1997 broken down by police force area; [45585]
(2) what the aggregate revenue from speed camera fines has been in each year since 1997, broken down by (a)police force area and (b)local authority area. [45586]
§ Mr. DenhamAvailable information on aggregate revenue is given in the table. This shows the total number of fixed penalties and court proceedings for speeding offences detected by camera from 1997 to 2000. This information is not available by local authority area and to provide a breakdown by police force area would be possible only at disproportionate cost.
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Fixed penalty and court proceeding data for offences of speeding detected by cameras1,2for England and Wales, 1997 to 2000 Fixed penalties Court proceedings Number of tickets3 Estimated revenue4£ Number of fines Total amount of fine £ Average fine £ 1997 288,600 11,544,000 20,800 1,912,200 92 1998 338,800 13,552,000 25,500 2,928,300 115 1999 423,000 16,920,000 32,300 3,434,400 106 2000 624,300 24,972,200 31,800 3,400,000 107
1Automatic cameras until 1998, all camera types from 1999. 2Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. 3Paid i.e no further action. 4Estimate based on £40 fixed penalty charge from 1997 to 2000. All revenue from speeding offences is normally paid to Her Majesty's Treasury. But since April 2000, seven partnership areas in England and Wales have been piloting a new netting-off scheme. The partnerships comprise police forces, local authorities, highways authorities and magistrates courts. The scheme allows fixed penalty fine revenue from speed and red-light traffic cameras to be re-invested to meet the costs of camera enforcement. Money left over goes, as before, to Her Majesty's Treasury.
Set out is the amount of netted off income each of the seven police forces in the pilot scheme received, for the financial year 2000–01.
Police force Netted-off income received £ Cleveland 385,280 Essex 1,309,032 Lincolnshire 328,390 Northamptonshire 1,159,907 Nottinghamshire 211,419 South Wales 534,905 Thames Valley 1,400,457 Total 5,329,390