Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a comparative assessment of the amount paid in penalty charges for speeding in (a) the last year for which data are available and (b) the year preceding 1 March 2020.

Data on the amount paid in penalty charges for speeding is not held by the Home Office.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on fixed penalty notices (FPNs) and other outcomes for motoring offences in England and Wales on an annual basis. The most recent data, up to 2021, is available here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118166/fixed-penalty-notices-and-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-and-procedures-year-ending-31-december-2021.ods

In 2021, there were 2,378,373 speed limit offences recorded on the central PentiP system in England and Wales (excludes British Transport Police).

In 2020, there were 2,006,382 speed limit offences recorded on the central PentiP system in England and Wales (excludes British Transport Police).

In 2019, there were 2,253,948 speed limit offences recorded on the central PentiP system in England and Wales (excludes British Transport Police).

However these figures may be an underestimation since Durham, North Wales, South Wales, Gwent, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire forces do not record all outcomes on the PentiP system.

Data for 2022 will be published in November/December of 2023, and is pre-announced on gov.uk here: Police powers and procedures: Other PACE powers, England and Wales, year ending March 2023 - National statistics announcement - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)