[holding answer 24 July 2007]: The information requested is set out in the following tables.
1997 1998 1999 2000 Proceedings Average fine (£) Proceedings Average fine (£) Proceedings Average fine (£) Proceedings Average fine (£) Avon and Somerset 15,354 259 16,892 204 15,098 165 14,609 182 Bedfordshire 4,724 314 4,449 293 3,479 274 3,594 226 Cambridgeshire 3,440 221 3,425 209 3,058 215 2,929 182 Cheshire 4,838 274 4,961 248 5,463 237 5,729 211 Cleveland 3,925 162 4,204 167 4,331 170 4,793 179 Cumbria 4,223 150 3,787 171 3,597 220 3,507 265 Derbyshire 5,565 270 5,137 279 5,120 283 5,318 296 Devon and Cornwall 8,422 184 7,232 185 7,493 178 9,234 179 Dorset 5,271 295 4,198 302 4,776 301 6,035 261 Durham 3,992 181 4,261 177 5,899 194 5,470 160 Essex 7,161 174 7,025 149 7,336 140 7,898 123 Gloucestershire 3,577 154 4,465 202 4,443 247 4,174 240 Greater Manchester 30,655 245 30,836 226 33,228 236 33,783 232 Hampshire 11,768 132 11,557 135 11,553 138 10,559 136 Hertfordshire 4,580 193 5,799 164 4,748 173 5,258 204 Humberside 4,408 159 4,279 148 4,894 143 5,024 137 Kent 6,935 246 6,958 241 6,151 227 9,033 271 Lancashire 20,334 332 18,794 296 18,111 237 18,354 219 Leicestershire 9,706 318 9,481 318 11,054 276 10,263 254 Lincolnshire 4,589 159 5,000 197 5,345 209 4,500 188 London, City of 2,671 332 3,127 314 2,521 346 1,738 375 Merseyside 10,896 200 9,747 203 8,932 200 10,054 207 Metropolitan Police 42,283 202 35,064 185 31,285 184 29,649 169 Norfolk 3,932 242 3,434 256 3,468 265 3,951 210 Northamptonshire 4,999 243 4,849 286 5,571 310 3,949 280 Northumbria 12,470 136 11,837 146 13,296 148 13,195 144 North Yorkshire 3,926 249 3,744 236 4,003 230 3,905 211 Nottinghamshire 8,078 164 8,726 165 7,957 153 7,748 150 South Yorkshire 11,228 194 11,553 206 11,763 191 12,690 170 Staffordshire 8,180 251 8,210 228 8,021 234 8,777 198 Suffolk 3,258 193 3,743 192 4,189 192 3,923 183 Surrey 4,942 243 3,908 242 4,436 215 4,941 218 Sussex 9,333 218 8,202 186 7,415 181 6,796 167 Thames Valley 11,887 292 11,948 257 13,543 268 12,816 250 Warwickshire 4,316 228 3,769 175 3,523 177 4,135 188 West Mercia 7,082 268 8,207 282 7,450 282 7,686 263 West Midlands 29,878 207 30,928 190 27,409 189 28,148 201 West Yorkshire 23,980 255 23,549 242 25,776 242 26,529 209 Wiltshire 3,463 152 4,820 182 4,708 186 4,901 204 Dyfed-Powys 3,079 183 2,852 182 3,017 175 3,072 169 Gwent 4,097 253 4,478 225 4,451 225 4,680 208 North Wales 4,859 210 4,452 226 4,102 272 3,697 230 South Wales 14,829 190 16,187 180 15,406 183 14,615 188 England and Wales 397,133 224 390,074 214 387,419 212 391,659 203
Proceedings Average fine (£) Proceedings Average fine (£) Proceedings Average fine (£) Proceedings Average fine (£) Avon and Somerset 13,022 130 15,124 133 17,163 138 17,489 154 Bedfordshire 4,651 164 4,731 169 5,041 137 4,534 143 Cambridgeshire 2,508 119 2,875 118 3,301 131 3,120 152 Cheshire 4,975 149 5,765 153 6,385 167 6,515 179 Cleveland 4,789 167 5,994 173 5,575 171 6,597 189 Cumbria 3,595 152 3,540 151 3,488 159 3,446 169 Derbyshire 5,429 337 5,614 355 5,793 367 6,326 367 Devon and Cornwall 8,648 133 9,598 132 9,676 127 8,943 134 Dorset 5,262 121 6,176 114 7,034 125 6,075 158 Durham 5,394 118 5,840 122 5,802 121 5,300 116 Essex 7,708 101 7,811 104 7,489 112 7,132 164 Gloucestershire 4,683 91 4,417 86 4,412 133 3,695 147 Greater Manchester 37,088 152 36,337 151 38,208 157 34,942 167 Hampshire 10,349 119 10,912 122 10,619 124 9,750 131 Hertfordshire 5,816 155 6,612 166 7,216 181 7,463 198 Humberside 4,730 122 4,464 132 5,509 137 5,170 150 Kent 9,592 209 10,059 192 9,788 191 10,673 197 Lancashire 16,280 111 17,555 113 21,229 141 16,065 156 Leicestershire 10,475 134 10,699 135 11,304 138 10,833 150 Lincolnshire 4,083 133 4,242 134 5,883 148 6,621 179 London, City of 1,826 369 2,353 368 2,563 334 2,812 230 Merseyside 9,467 163 10,360 167 12,776 148 13,023 137 Metropolitan Police 32,032 139 36,485 140 43,100 143 47,806 147 Norfolk 4,744 99 5,563 107 6,322 139 5,084 152 Northamptonshire 2,028 280 1,211 339 4,157 245 5,804 183 Northumbria 12,504 130 12,309 135 12,951 135 11,685 137 North Yorkshire 3,545 130 3,340 136 3,774 141 4,065 166 Nottinghamshire 7,856 152 7,460 156 9,224 152 9,224 188 South Yorkshire 14,623 128 13,859 137 13,745 146 11,416 125 Staffordshire 6,027 152 7,056 163 7,214 166 7,439 186 Suffolk 4,123 128 4,759 138 5,808 133 5,718 136 Surrey 5,101 201 5,554 215 4,657 221 3,927 197 Sussex 6,814 118 6,413 117 5,808 138 4,371 162 Thames Valley 11,728 134 12,842 135 14,516 158 12,920 198 Warwickshire 4,204 156 3,711 168 3,756 164 4,160 210 West Mercia 7,787 176 7,849 180 7,735 165 7,249 193 West Midlands 27,010 169 32,339 192 36,409 200 39,696 206 West Yorkshire 27,618 120 24,873 123 26,966 134 32,404 144 Wiltshire 5,292 283 5,326 286 4,794 280 4,641 200 Dyfed-Powys 2,953 155 3,316 166 3,094 172 2,244 187 Gwent 4,758 148 4,508 154 4,083 171 3,474 157 North Wales 3,376 144 4,048 150 5,968 149 6,022 154 South Wales 13,805 159 16,499 173 16,932 158 15,946 154 England and Wales 388,298 150 410,398 155 447,267 160 441,819 169 1 An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 section 143 (2). 2 Magistrates courts data only. Fines given at the Crown court total nationally (England and Wales) less than 10 each year. 3 As from 1 June 2003, ‘driving a motor vehicle while uninsured against third party risks’ became a fixed penalty offence. Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system currently being implemented by the Ministry of Justice reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.