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Dept for Transport

Answer

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the (a) local authorities and (b) bus companies that have enforced their bus lane restrictions with (i) staff and (ii) cameras; how many (A) prosecutions for infringement there are (1) 12 months before and (2) after implementation, (B) staff are employed and (C) cameras are set up; and if he will make a statement. [134033] Mr. McNulty: Responsibility for enforcement of bus lanes rests with the police or local authorities with civil enforcement powers. Information in the form requested is not collected centrally. Civil enforcement of bus lanes in London by London local authorities and Transport for London (TfL) has been enabled by powers contained in Part II of the London Local Authorities Act 1996. Such enforcement is carried out using bus mounted cameras, roadside cameras and closed circuit television cameras. Under the bus lane enforcement camera project run by TfL, 836 buses have been equipped with cameras and 46 roadside cameras have been installed to date. In addition, the following 12 London authorities are currently using closed circuit television cameras to enforce bus lanes in their areas: Bexley, Camden, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey, Lambeth, Newham, Southwark, Waltham Forest and Wandsworth. In 2001-02, 290,231 penalty charge notices were issued by London local authorities and TfL for bus lane contraventions. Regulations under section 144 of the Transport Act 2000 enabling civil enforcement of bus lanes by local authorities outside London are in preparation.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

134033; 412 c139-40W;412 c147-8W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Bus lanes Cameras Enforcement Prosecutions Staff

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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