§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he gives the police on the margins to be allowed in speeding offences. [65778]
§ Mr. DenhamThe latest guidelines on speed enforcement thresholds were issued by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in February 2000. They stress proportionality in applying the law, targeting of enforcement action and consistency of approach among police forces. I welcome the guidelines as providing a sound and transparent basis for police enforcement action in what is a sensitive area of policing. While they are designed to promote a consistent approach by police forces, the police retain full discretion to take account of the particular circumstances of any individual speeding offence.
The speed enforcement guidelines are available to the general public on the ACPO website at www.acpo.police.uk
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Number of parenting orders imposed in London from July 2000 to December 2001 Borough1 July to December 2000 January to December 2001 Total Lewisham 4 6 10 Merton 5 5 10 Newham 1 3 4 Redbridge 1 2 3 Richmond upon Thames 0 8 8 Southwark 16 15 31 Sutton 5 1 6 Tower Hamlets and (City of London) 11 0 1 Waltham Forest 2 4 6 Wandsworth 0 11 11 Westminster 6 7 13 Total 90 156 246 1Only those boroughs that have imposed parenting orders within the period shown are listed.