§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding his Department has provided for each speed camera partnership in England and which partners are involved in each partnership. [155213]
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§ Mr. JamiesonEight partnerships, six in England, trialled the safety camera cost recovery scheme from April 2000 to March 2002. A further seven (six in England) joined during 2002.
Funding for the camera activities of the Safety Camera Partnerships in England, met from conditional fixed penalty fines for speeding and red light offences, for 2000–01 and 2001–02, is as follows:
Number 2000–01 Cleveland 771,901 Essex 1,846,480 Lincolnshire 512,721 Nottingham 622,371 Northants 1,702,404 Thames Valley 1,825,639 Total 7,281,516 2001–02 Cleveland 486,891 Essex 3,003,763 Lincolnshire 516,818 Nottingham 778,536 Northants 2,247,838 Thames Valley 2,617,031 Cambridgeshire 113,760 Derbyshire 455,659 Lancashire 761,017 Norfolk 433,100 Staffordshire 629,246 Warwickshire 355,068 Totals 12,398,727 Information on the Partnerships' expenditure for 2002–03 is being prepared and will be published shortly.
Safety Camera Partnerships comprise representatives of the police force (or forces), local authorities and Magistrates' Courts Committees for the areas concerned. Some Partnerships also include representative of the Highways Agency and local Health Authorities.
§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his oral answer of 3 February 2004,Official Report, column 616, how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in the three years prior to the establishment of camera sites in the Christchurch constituency, and how many have been (i) killed and (ii) seriously injured since, in respect of each of the camera sites. [155507]
§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 23 February 2004]My Department does not hold statistical information broken down by Parliamentary constituency areas. The hon. Member may wish to contact the Dorset Safety Camera Partnership for more detailed information.