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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 24 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 June 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 July 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Fixed Penalties

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices in respect of alleged parking infringements were issued by police forces in each year since 1993 to date.
Answer

[holding answer 30 June 2008]: Available information held by the Ministry of Justice, from 1993 to 2006 (which are the latest available) is provided in the following tables. These data relate to 'obstruction, waiting and parking' offences. They do not record parking contraventions in areas when parking has been decriminalised and the police no longer offer fixed penalties. 2007 data should be available next year.

Table A: Fixed penalty notices issued¹ by the police for obstruction, waiting and parking offences², ³, England and Wales, 1993 to 2001
Number of tickets
1993 3,383,011
1994 2,698,349
1995 2,270,732
1996 2,282,481
1997 2,199,242
1998 2,118,077
1999 1,808,153
2000 1,595,360
2001 1,325,049
Table B: Fixed penalty notices issued¹ by the police for obstruction, waiting and parking offences², ³, England and Wales, 2002 to 2006
Number of tickets
2002 1,165,006
2003 1,043,006
2004 882,500
2005 573,497
2006 489,948
¹ Paid i.e. no further action.
² Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s.22; Transport Act 2000 ss. 173 (5); 173 (6); 173 (7); 174 (3); 175(2); 175 (3): 175 (4); 190 Highway Act 1835 ss. 72 and 78; RTA 1988 ss. 19 and 21; Highways Act 1980 s. 137 (1); Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 ss. 5 (1), 8, 32-36 and 45-53; Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 Regs. 101 and 103; Transport Act 2000 part III; Metropolitan Police Act 1839 s. 54 (1)
³ Does not include decriminalised parking enforcements (DPE).
Note:
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, It is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
478 c908-9W; 214728
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Fines Parking offences
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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