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Home Office

Answer

Sir Teddy Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total sum obtained from speeding fines in the last year for which figures are available was; and what the figures were in each of the previous 10 years. [27010] Mr. Denham: [holding answer 14 January 2002]: Information on the revenue raised from speeding fines is not available. However, the table shows the total number and amount (£) of fines ordered to be paid following conviction for speeding offences within England and Wales from 1991 to 2000. As the majority of such offences are dealt with by the issue of a fixed penalty, the table also shows the total amount of fixed penalties ordered to be paid. Not all fines and fixed penalties will have been paid. All fixed penalty fine revenue is passed to Her Majesty's Treasury. However, in April 2000, eight partnership areas, comprising local police forces, local authorities, highways authorities and magistrates courts, piloted a new `netting-off' scheme. This allows a proportion of the fixed penalty fine revenue from speed and red-light cameras to be re-invested to fund camera enforcement. Fine revenue is used to meet each of the partners' costs in relation to the administration, purchase, installation, operation and maintenance of the cameras. Fines and fixed penalties data for speeding offences, England and Wales, 1990-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Court proceedings Fixed penalties Number of fines Total amount of Average fine (£) Number of tickets Estimated revenue fine (£) (£){ 1} 1991 155,300 13,198,000 85 449,200 14,374,000 1992 146,800 12,697,000 87 460,100 17,485,000 1993 98,200 12,475,000 127 394,800 15,790,000 1994 103,100 11,676,000 113 472,500 18,899,000 1995 117,000 12,512,000 107 530,200 21,207,000 1996 127,900 12,904,000 101 595,100 23,802,000 1997 130,600 15,523,000 119 712,800 28,510,000 1998 151,400 20,369,000 135 781,000 31,240,000 1999 151,200 19,978,000 132 825,300 33,011,000 2000 139,200 18,098,000 130 1,023,500 44,351,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} `Estimate' based on the following fixed penalty charges--£32 up to 31 March 1992, £40 up to 31 October 2000 and £60 as from 1 November 2000

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

379 c579-80W;379 c575W; 27010

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Fixed penalties Fines Income Speed limits Road traffic offences

Contains statistics

Yes

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