§ Mr. Win GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many substantive fixed penalties were issued against cyclists in(a) 2000 and (b) 2001, by police force, broken down by the reasons of issue. [51806]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 24 April 2002]: Available information for the year 2000, taken from a special exercise undertaken to monitor fixed penalties issued against pedal cyclists, are given in the table.
The exercise has not been repeated for 2001.
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Fixed Penalties—Number of substantive tickets issued for pedal cycle offences by offence and police force area, January to
December 2000
Police force area Carrying more than one person on pedal cycle Cycling on the footway (pavement) Total Avon and Somerset 1 34 35 Bedfordshire 1— 1— 1— Cambridgeshire 1— 1— 1— Cheshire 1— 14 14 Cleveland 1 5 5 Cumbria 1— 20 20 Derbyshire 1— 8 8 Devon and Cornwall 6 34 40 Dorset 1— 17 17 Durham 1 11 12 Essex 4 55 59 Gloucestershire 2 47 49
Fixed Penalties—Number of substantive tickets issued for pedal cycle offences by offence and police force area, January to
December 2000
Police force area Carrying more than one person on pedal cycle Cycling on the footway (pavement) Total Greater Manchester 4 278 82 Hampshire 7 52 59 Hertfordshire 1— 6 6 Humberside 6 64 70 Kent 1 44 45 Lancashire 4 20 24 Leicestershire 1 5 6 Lincolnshire 1 4 5 London, City of 1— 3 3 Merseyside 1— 20 20 Metropolitan Police 1— 66 66 Norfolk 1— 14 14 Northamptonshire 1— 7 7 Northumbria 1 27 28 North Yorkshire 1 16 17 Nottinghamshire 1— 1 1 South Yorkshire 1— 34 34 Staffordshire 1 4 5 Suffolk 1— 30 30 Surrey 1 1 2 Sussex 1— 9 9 Thames Valley 2 6 8 Warwickshire 1 3 4 West Mercia 1— 17 17 West Midlands 3 9 12 West Yorkshire 1— 2 2 Wiltshire 1 23 24 Dyfed-Powys 1— 3 3 Gwent 1— 1 1 North Wales3 1— 1 1 South Wales 1 6 7 Total 51 821 872 1 Not available 2 Motoring offences of driving on footway (pavement) included within cycling on the footway (pavement). 2 October to December 2000 only