§ Lembit ÖpikTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will require Safety Camera Partnerships to release funding for local road safety projects, with particular reference to the police-led BikeSafe initiative; and if he will make a statement. [161656]
§ Mr. JamiesonReceipts from speed camera fines in areas participating in the safety camera cost recovery scheme may be used only on the installation and operation of approved safety camera installations. BikeSafe is not exclusively a speed or safety camera related issue and therefore falls outside the remit of the cost recovery scheme. The rules of the scheme are kept under review.
§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his oral answer of 3 February 2004,Official Report, column 615 and the answer of 4 February 2004, Official Report, column 993W, on speed cameras, if he will make a statement on the use that has been made of the revenue from speed cameras in Southend. [160795]
§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 12 March 2004]: Receipts from speed camera fines in areas participating in the safety camera cost recovery scheme may be used only on the installation and operation of approved safety camera installations.
§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of fees from speed cameras in Suffolk was reinvested in road safety measures in each of the last five years. [161229]
§ Mr. JamiesonSuffolk has been participating in the safety camera cost recovery scheme since April 2003. Receipts from safety camera fines resulting in areas participating in the scheme may be used only for the installation and operation of approved safety camera installations, with other investment in road safety measures being funded within local authorities and national road programmes. Fine receipts beyond the costs of safety camera installations are passed to the Consolidated Fund. Before Suffolk joined the cost recovery scheme in April 2003, all fine revenue from camera activity was passed to the Consolidated Fund.