Question follow-through · 22834

Automatic Number Plate Recognition: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling local authorities to apply to use ANPR to enforce designated pedestrian zones.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
8 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
13 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling local authorities to apply to use ANPR to enforce designated pedestrian zones.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Moving traffic contraventions, including entry into a designated pedestrian zone, may be civilly enforced by designated local authorities using CCTV prescribed by regulations made under the Traffic Management Act 2004.By using these cameras local authorit...

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