§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cameras at legacy sites meet the Government's criteria for the siting of speed cameras; and if he will make a statement. [171892]
§ Mr. JamiesonThese safety camera sites were established before the current criteria for location of new safety cameras, under the guidance contained in the 1992 Circular 'Use of technology for traffic enforcement: Guidance on deployment', which asked highway authorities to base sites on systematic analysis of accident statistics, but did not set quantified criteria.
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much money raised through speed cameras has been returned to the Treasury in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement. [171893]
§ Mr. JamiesonSafety Camera Partnerships operating within the cost recovery scheme returned £6,281,051 of their receipts resulting from fixed penalty fines to the Treasury in 2001–02. The figures for 2002–03 will be available shortly. All fine receipts resulting from safety cameras operated outside the cost recovery scheme accrue to the Treasury. I am advised by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary that information on the amount of these receipts relating to convictions from safety cameras is not separately identifiable.
§ Mr. Damian GreenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many legacy camera sites maintained cameras with film in them on 31 March. [171921]
§ Mr. JamiesonAny safety camera housing may have a camera operating in it at any time, deployment of cameras around safety camera sites is a police operational matter.