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.
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
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