Fines (1164A/20)
Request
I am looking into the revenue collected by West Midlands Police through speeding fines imposed by fixed cameras and police patrol cars.
I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act to ask for the following information.
- Please provide the number of speeding fines imposed during 1 January 2020-30 November 2020 inclusive.
- Please provide a breakdown by month e.g., January, February etc. and please provide a breakdown by “speed camera” and “police patrol car”.
- If you have the records per town or city in your region, and if it does not take you over the 18-hour limit, I would be grateful for these figures (question 2) broken down per town or city e.g., Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry etc.
- Please let me have the total revenue collected through parking tickets during 1 January 2020-30 November 2020 inclusive.
- Please provide a breakdown by month e.g., January, February etc. and please provide a breakdown by “speed camera” and “police patrol car”.
- If you have the records per town or city in your region, and if it does not take you over the 18-hour limit, I would be grateful for these figures (question 5) broken down per town or city e.g., Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry etc.
- During this period, how many drivers chose to take up your option to attend speed awareness courses?
- Please supply a website link or PDF document which explains how West Midlands Police use this revenue.
During the period I have mentioned how was the money used and how much was spent?
Clarification received 09/12/2020:
Please let me clarify 4, 5 & 6.
- Please let me have the total revenue collected through imposing speeding fines during 1 January 2020-30 November 2020 inclusive.
- Please provide a breakdown by month e.g., January, February etc. and please provide a breakdown by “speed camera” and “police patrol car”.
- If you have the records per town or city in your region, and if it does not take you over the 18-hour limit, I would be grateful for these figures (question 5) broken down per town or city e.g., Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry etc.
Regarding 8 & 9 these pertain to speeding fines – so how is the revenue collected from speeding fines used and is there a breakdown of the money spent during 1 Jan-30 Nov inclusive, please?
Response
Please find attached our response.
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 a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.