§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many speed cameras there were in(a) Suffolk. (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) Norfolk and (d) Essex, in each year since 1997; and what amount of revenue was raised in each of those counties. [143348]
§ Mr. JamiesonBefore the safety camera netting off trial began in April 2000 local authorities were not obliged to inform central government about their camera activity. Essex have netted off since 2000 and Cambridgeshire and Norfolk since 2001. The number of camera sites (both fixed and mobile) for each is:
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2000–01 2001–2002 2002–2003 Essex 200 356 342 Cambridgeshire — 15 40 Norfolk — 44 60 Suffolk joined the scheme in April 2003. During the 2003–2004 financial year Suffolk's plans are to install 5 new fixed site camera housings in addition to their existing 3 and will be enforcing 41 sites with mobile camera units.
Receipts from conditional offer fixed penalty fines for the latest audited years were:
2000–01 2001–02 Essex 1,843,480 3,524,120 Cambridgeshire — 135,420 Norfolk — 160,140 Suffolk — —