Road Traffic Enforcement

Reference number: 
SCP - 20110078
Request date: 
12/2011
Response date: 
06/01/2012 (All day)
Request details: 

Please provide the following information about speeding fines and safety camera operation in South Yorkshire.

1. How many speeding fines have been issued by the partnership in each of the last five years for which figures are available?

Please break down the figures year by year.

2. How many staff responsible for operating safety cameras did the partnership have on (a) December 1, 2011, (b) December 1, 2010, (c) December 1, 2009, and (d) December 2008?

If figures for those precise dates are not available, please provide data for the nearest dates possible.

(e.g. 1/12/11 - 30 staff; 30/11/10 - 25 staff; 3/12/09 - 27 staff; 26/11/08 - 26 staff.)

3. How many times has the partnership deployed mobile safety cameras in each of the last five years for which figures are available?

Please break down the figures year by year.

Thank you for your assistance.

Please send responses either to this email address or to the postal address given above.

If it appears likely that the cost of retrieving this information will exceed the statutory limit, please contact me with advice on how my request might be refined.

SYP response: 

In accordance with 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can advise you that South Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership holds the information you have requested.

Your request for information has now been considered and I am obliged to supply all of the information you have requested.

Question 1

South Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership issued 36,403 Conditional Offer Fixed Penalty Notices in 2007, 6,541 in 2008, 8,254 in 2009, 12,796 in 2010 and 18,447 in 2011.

Question 2

South Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership staffing levels for those who operate the safety cameras on 1st December 2011, 2010, 2009 and in 2008 were 7 mobile enforcement operators who work a shift system. These officers operate the camera systems used with/from our vans and motorcycle. The fixed camera systems are automatic systems and require no 'operators'.

Question 3

South Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership have deployed 2,063 mobile safety cameras in 2011, 1,918 in 2010, 1,679 in 2009, 1,061 in 2008 and 943 in 2007