HC Deb 06 January 2004 vol 416 cc215-6W
14. Mr. Flook

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement about the(a) amount of and (b) uses of revenue from speed cameras.[145878]

Mr. Jamieson

The latest audited figures are for the year 2000–01, in which £8.6 million of speeding fine receipts was passed to seven safety camera partnerships, and for 2001–02 in which £11.4 million was passed to 14 safety camera partnerships in England and Wales. In those two years £1.2 million and £4.3 million respectively, was returned to the Treasury.

Mr. Baron

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much money raised in fines from speed cameras during the last year for which records are available was spent in(a) Billericay and District, (b) Basildon and District and (c) Essex; and how that money was spent.[145792]

Mr. Jamieson

In 2001–02 the Essex Safety Camera Partnership claimed £3,003,763 to cover the costs of purchasing and operating cameras in their area which includes Billericay and Basildon, for which separate figures are not available.

Mr. Baron

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much money was raised in fines from speed cameras in the last year for which records are available in(a) Billericay and District, (b) Basildon and District and (c) Essex.[145793]

Mr. Jamieson

In 2001–02 £3,524,120 in conditional offer fixed penalties was collected by the Essex Safety Camera Partnership which includes Billericay and Basildon, for which separate figures are not available.

Mr. Baron

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many speed cameras(a) there are and (b) there have been in each of the last five years in (i) Billericay and District, (ii) Basildon and District and (iii) Essex[145794]

Mr. Jamieson

The Essex Safety Camera Partnership covers all of Essex and includes Billericay and Basildon. The number of fixed camera sites are shown in the following table.

Fixed camera added Total sites
Pre–1999 20 20
1999 8 28
2000 0 28
2001 28 56
2002 9 65
2003 17 82
In addition, six mobile camera units work at approximately 300 locations in Essex.