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Road Traffic Offences: Fixed Penalties

Volume 468: debated on Wednesday 28 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of (a) fixed penalty notices and (b) penalty charge notices for motoring offences were paid in full within the 28 day deadline in each year since 1999. (168610)

Available information from 1999 to 2005 (the latest available) is provided in the following tables. 2006 data will be available next year.

Information contained in Table A relates to the number of motoring offences fixed penalty notices issued by result. Data are collected on the disposal (i.e. paid, fine registration certificate issued etc).

Data within Table B relates to penalty charge notices issued by result under the decriminalised parking enforcement scheme.

Table A: Number and percentage of fixed penalty notices issued for motoring offences by resul1, England and Wales, 1999 to 2005

Number (thousand) and percentage

Total notices dealt with

Paid within 28 days

Payment accepted after 28 days

Sub-total paid

No further action taken

Fine registration certificate issued2

Referred for court proceedings

19993

Number

3,089,000

1,730,700

696,300

2,427,000

235,500

406,900

19,600

Percentage

100

56

23

79

8

13

0.6

20003

Number

2,984,300

1,718,600

672,000

2,390,600

208,000

370,800

14,900

Percentage

100

58

23

80

7

12

0.5

20013

Number

2,897,200

1,692,500

673,400

2,365,800

147,600

369,300

14,500

Percentage

100

58

23

82

5

13

0.5

2002

Number

2,865,800

1,833,300

582,300

2,415,600

115,800

322,000

12,500

Percentage

100

64

20

85

4

11

0.4

2003

Number

3,506,000

2,335,700

714,900

3,050,600

98,300

345,700

11,400

Percentage

100

67

20

87

3

10

0.3

2004

Number

3,377,100

2,303,400

665,500

2,968,900

95,000

301,000

12,200

Percentage

100

68

20

88

3

9

0.4

20054

Percentage

100

72

18

90

2

7

0.7

1 Endorsable and non-endorsable notices combined.

2 Includes outcomes not finalised.

3 Revised since original publication following amendments received from Essex police force area.

4 The analysis of results of fixed penalty notices paid is not yet complete for 2005. The national percentages shown are estimates.

Note:

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 police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Table B: Number and percentage of penalty charge notices by result, England and Wales1, 1999 to 2005

Number (thousand) and percentage

Total notices2 dealt with

Paid within 14 days

Paid after 14 days but before service of charge certificate

Paid after charge certificate served

Sub total paid

Cases going for adjudication

Number of certificates registered

No further3 action taken

1999

Number

3,327,700

1,575,200

421,800

9,600

2,006,600

40,400

563,600

717,100

Percentage

100

47

13

0.3

60

1

17

22

2000

Number

3,512,900

1,753,200

446,300

26,800

2,226,200

35,200

617,800

633,500

Percentage

100

50

13

1

63

1

18

18

2001

Number

4,844,200

2,386,200

579,200

130,100

3,095,600

34,900

938,700

775,000

Percentage

100

49

12

3

64

1

19

16

2002

Number

6,296,300

2,792,800

731,500

180,700

3,705,000

69,200

1,213,400

1,308,700

Percentage

100

44

12

3

59

1

19

21

2003

Number

6,745,500

3,255,800

820,900

220,200

4,296,900

53,300

1,033,800

1,361,500

Percentage

100

48

12

3

64

1

15

20

2004

Number

7,340,800

3,676,300

1,086,900

195,200

4,958,300

64,500

1,048,300

1,269,700

Percentage

100

50

15

3

68

1

14

17

2005

Number

6,967,600

3,717,500

823,000

265,100

4,805,700

53,300

1,027,800

1,080,700

Percentage

100

53

12

4

69

1

15

16

1 The first Welsh local authority joined the decriminalised parking scheme in 2004.

2 Each yearly figure excludes notices issued during the period that were still being processed and includes notices issued in a previous period but recorded as payment in a later year.

3 Where the PCN is written off, for example, the motorist cannot be traced or the PCN is cancelled due to procedural error or successful representation.

Note:

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 local authorities. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure

data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.