Written question asked by Christopher Chope (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 December 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 December 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 December 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the policy of the Government is in relation to the reinvestment by safety camera partnerships of revenue from fines in (a) road safety education and (b) highway engineering improvements to improve road safety. - (Holding answer 8 December 2003).

Answer: Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the policy of the Government is in relation to the reinvestment by safety camera partnerships of revenue from fines in (a) road safety education and (b) highway engineering improvements to improve road safety. [142499] Mr. Jamieson: [holding answer 8 December 2003]: The rules for netting off allow fine revenue to be used only to fund safety camera activity which includes education about how effective speed management can improve road safety. Other aspects of road safety education and highway engineering improvement are funded separately in the usual way. The rules for netting off were designed to ensure there would be no benefit to the partnership for installing cameras at places where there were no casualty savings.

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