Written question asked by Baroness Maddock (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 December 1996. It was answered by Lord Blencathra (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 December 1996 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: If he will establish a review into the merits of returning the sums paid in fines as a result of convictions on the basis of evidence from speed cameras to (a) the relevant police authority and (b) the relevant local authority. - (Holding answer 9 December 1996).

Answer: Mrs. Maddock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will establish a review into the merits of returning the sums paid in fines as a result of convictions on the basis of evidence from speed cameras to (a) the relevant police authority and (b) the relevant local authority. [7754] Mr. Maclean: [holding answer 9 December 1996]: No. Fine income from the enforcement of speeding offences by cameras, like all other fine income from criminal offences, goes to the Consolidated Fund at the Treasury. It is not the Government's general policy to earmark that income to a particular area of expenditure.

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