Question follow-through · 114649
Speed Limits: Cameras
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.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
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.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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24 Feb 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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