Speed Cameras (Hansard, 1 December 2003)

§ Mr. Damian Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the contribution of speed cameras to reduction in road deaths; and if he will make a statement. [140824]

§ Mr. Jamieson
On 11 February 2003 the Department published an independently produced evaluation report of the 2-year trial of the safety camera cost recovery system. This showed an average 35 per cent. reduction in those killed or seriously injured at camera sites, equating to around 280 people and a 4 per cent. reduction in those killed or seriously injured across the pilot areas, equating to around 530 people.

§ Mr. Damian Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many speed cameras were operational on 31 July. [140828]

§ Mr. Jamieson
This information is not held centrally.

§ Mr. Damian Green
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the accounts of the Safety Camera partnerships; and if he will make a statement. [140825]

§ Mr. Jamieson
Local authorities, through which payments from netted off fine revenue from speed camera offences are made to Safety Camera Partnerships, are obliged to make their accounts available for public scrutiny each year.