HC Deb 06 January 2004 vol 416 cc327-8W
Bob Spink

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much revenue Essex police received from the operation of(a) speed and (b) red light cameras in 2002–03; [145166]

(2) how much was levied in fines resulting from (a) speed and (b) red light cameras in Essex in each of the last five years. [145167]

Caroline Flint

Information on the revenue raised from speed and red light offences detected by camera is not available.

However the table shows, for the Essex police force area, the number of fixed penalties ordered to be paid and the number of court fines for such offences in the calendar years 1997 to 2001 (latest available). Information for 2002 will be available early in 2004.

Not all fines and fixed penalties will have been paid.

Fixed penalty and court proceedings data for speeding and traffic light offences by cameras1.2.3 in the Essex police force area
Fixed penalties Court
Offence and year Number of tickets Estimated revenue4 Number of fines5 Total amount of fine (£) Average fine (£)
Speeding offences2
1997 18,800 753,700 880 93,900 107
1998 8,700 346,600 1,700 227,400 134
1999 19,800 791,400 2,100 357,400 169
2000 46,300 2,007,200 2,800 317,800 115
2001 81,900 4,911,100 6,500 651,200 101
Traffic light offences3
1997 3,400 136,800 860 67,900 79
1998 2,000 78,900 910 84,600 93
1999 2,700 109,500 590 48,900 83
2000 3,800 165,500 850 67,700 80
2001 3,700 220,980 1,100 88,400 78
1Automatic cameras until 1998, all camera types from 1999. 2 Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and The Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. 3 Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994. 4 Paid i.e. no further action. 5 Estimate based on £40 fixed penalty charge to October 2000. From November 2000 the penalty was raised to £60.

Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued to motorists caught at each location of a fixed speed camera within a Safety Camera Partnership in(a) the year prior to installation and (b) the year subsequent to installation. [142235]

Caroline Flint

Information collected centrally on the number of fixed penalty notices issued as a result of detection by camera does not identify the type of camera used or its location.