Written question asked by David Wilshire (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 June 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 July 2002. It was answered by John Denham (Labour) on Monday, 22 July 2002 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists have been caught speeding by police cameras in Surrey in each of the last five years. - Inc table. (Holding answer 2 July 2002).

Answer: Mr. Wilshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many motorists have been caught speeding by police cameras in Surrey in each of the last five years. [66492] Mr. Denham: [holding answer 2 July 2002]: Data supplied directly from the police showing the number of prosecutions and fixed penalties notices issued for speeding offences as a result of the use of cameras are given in the table. Prosecutions and fixed penalties for speeding offences detected by camera within the Surrey police force area, 1996-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Disposal 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Prosecutions 483 145 326 196 2,353 Fixed penalties {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- 2,195 5,274 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Not available

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 66492; 389 c827W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Cameras Fixed penalties Prosecutions Speed limits Road traffic offences Surrey
Contains statistics: Yes
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