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Driving Offences: Norwich

Volume 502: debated on Monday 7 December 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many fines for speeding offences have been (a) issued to and (b) paid by residents of Norwich North constituency in each year since 1997. (301700)

Information held by the Ministry of Justice, on the Court Proceedings Database, on the number of court imposed fines issued for speed limit offences in the Norfolk police force area, from 1997 to 2007 (latest available) is given in table 1. Data held centrally are not available at parliamentary constituency level.

Court proceedings data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.

In addition to court fines, information provided by the Home Office on the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued by the police for speeding offences, in the Norfolk police force area, for the period 1997 to 2007 (latest available) are provided in table 2.

It is not possible to separately identify FPNs issued to residents of Norwich, North constituency as the data reported to the Home Office are broken down by police force area only. Additionally, information on payment rates of fixed penalty notices for speeding offences are not available as the data reported to the Home Office are not broken down by offence. Data for 2008 are scheduled to be published in March 2010.

Her Majesty's Courts Service advise that it is not possible, from revenue received, to separately identify fines registered by the courts for speeding offences.

Table 1: The number of fines imposed at all courts in the Norfolk police force area for speed limit offences1, from 1997 to 20072,3

Number of offences

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Number of fines

1,215

1,372

1,679

1,374

1,449

1,269

2,372

2,764

2,824

3,453

2,669

1 Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ss. 16, 81, 84, 86, 88 and 89; Motor Vehicles (Speed Limit on Motorways) Regs. 1973; Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926 - byelaws made thereunder.

2 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.

3 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 inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Source:

Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice

Table 2: Number of fixed penalty notices issued in Norfolk police force area for speeding offences, 1997 to 20071

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Number of fixed penalty notices issued

4,895

5,379

9,267

4,783

5,166

17,116

31,640

26,938

25,117

24,985

24,878

1 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 limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Source:

Home Office Statistics