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Coaches (Speeding)

Volume 72: debated on Friday 1 February 1985

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been brought regarding alleged offences of speeding by coaches since May 1984; what has been the average of fine since that date; and how this compares with the average level in the 12 months preceding the increase in maximum penalties in May 1984.

The available information relates to total proceedings for speed limit offences for all vehicles and average amounts of fines imposed at magistrates' courts for the offence categories shown in table 5 of "Offences Relating to Motor Vehicles, England and Wales, Supplementary Tables, 1983", a copy of which is in the Library of the House. No reliable information is available for specific types of vehicles. Information for 1984 is not yet available.