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Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 February 2004. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Thursday, 12 February 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was raised in fines from speed cameras in the Humberside area in the last three years. - Including table.
Answer

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was raised in fines from speed cameras in the Humberside area in the last three years. [154167] Caroline Flint: Information on the revenue raised from speed offences detected by camera is not available. However the table shows, for the Humberside police force area, the number of fixed penalties ordered to be paid and the number of court fines for such offences in the calendar years 1999 to 2001 (latest available). Information for 2002 will be available in the spring. Not all fines and fixed penalties will have been paid. Fixed penalty and court proceedings data for speeding offences detected by cameras1,2 in the Humberside police force area, 1999-2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fixed penalties Court proceedings3 Number of tickets4 Estimated revenue Number of fines Total amount of Average fine (£) 5 fine (£) 1999 7,400 296,200 240 22,600 96 2000 15,700 680,500 27 2,600 97 20016 13,600 816,200 15 3,150 210 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and The Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. 2 Automatic cameras until 1998, all camera types from 1999. 3 Includes cases where fixed penalty notices were originally issued but not paid and subsequently referred to court. 4 Paid, i.e. no further action. 5 Estimate based on £40 fixed penalty charge to October 2000. From November 2000 the penalty was raised to £60. 6 A single month's shortfall was found for court proceedings summary motoring offences within Humberside police force in 2001. Note: Figures have been rounded.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
417 c1702-4W;417 c1700-2W; 154167
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Cameras Fixed penalties Fines Income Humberside Speed limits
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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