To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 12 January (WA 140), how without data on fixed penalty notices for cycling offences being reported to them they assess the effectiveness of the fixed penalty notice system. [HL1468]

The Home Office collects fixed penalty notice data only on offences relating to motor vehicles. Offences involving a pedal cycle are not included. We do not wish to increase the burden of data collection on police forces. There are therefore no plans to introduce the collection of statistics on fixed penalty notices issued for pedal cycle offences.

The effectiveness of the fixed penalty system as a whole is kept under continuing review by the HO chaired Fixed Penalty Procedures Working Group. This includes representatives of the police, Ministry of Justice, Department for Transport and agencies in the criminal justice system. This includes operational experience of the use of fixed penalties.