Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 114649
Speed Limits: Cameras
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 24 February 2026
Question
Dan Aldridge
Labour — Weston-super-Mare
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered allowing a proportion of speeding fine revenues to be ringfenced for local authorities for road safety purposes, including the funding of fixed speed cameras.
Answer
Lilian Greenwood The Government considers having fines and penalty receipts such as speeding fines being paid into the Consolidated Fund to be preferable to ring-fencing or hypothecating funds for specific spending. This avoids creating incentives to collect fines and pe...
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