Written question asked by Paul Marsden (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 23 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 February 2004. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Monday, 2 February 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the number of fines issued from speeding camera convictions in each year since 1997 in Shrewsbury and Atcham was. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the number of fines issued from speeding camera convictions in each year since 1997 in Shrewsbury and Atcham was. [151361] Caroline Flint: The available information on the number of court fines and fixed penalties issued within the police force area of West Mercia for the offence of `speeding detected by camera' for 1997-2001 is shown in the table. It is not possible from the data collected centrally to identify Shrewsbury and Atcham. Information for 2002 will be available in the spring. Fines and fixed penalties data for speeding offences detected by camera1,2 within West Mercia police force area, 1997-2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total fined at all courts Fixed penalty notices issued 1997 92 -- 1998 67 5,500 1999 166 8,800 2000 207 13,800 2001 434 24,400 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Automatic cameras until 1998, all camera types from 1999. 2 Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and The Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 417 c711W;417 c711-2W; 151361
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Convictions Cameras Fines Speed limits Road traffic offences Shrewsbury Atcham
Contains statistics: Yes
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