I have today approved the operational cases submitted by the 38 safety camera partnerships in England and Wales to enable them to continue as part of the national safety camera programme in 2006–07.As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport announced on 15 December 2005, 2006–07 will be the last year of the safety camera programme under the current netting-off funding arrangements.The Department has worked closely with the safety camera partnerships to help them to develop operational cases for 2006–07, which will ensure that all camera activities continue to contribute to reducing speeds and casualties and assist in the achievement of the 2010 casualty reduction targets.All activities and camera sites will comply with the "Handbook of Rules and Guidance for the Safety Camera Programme in England and Wales for 2006–07" which we published on 30 January 2006.In 2006–07, the 38 operational cases project that there will be, in total:Expenditure of approximately £109 million.Fixed penalties of approximately £120 million.Some 300,000 speeding offenders referred to speed awareness courses, which are being rolled out nationally by the Association of Chief Police Officers from 1 April 2006.Some 233 new safety camera sites (fixed, mobile, route and red light).Some 30 existing sites decommissioned.Below is a table which shows a breakdown for each partnership.New sites proposed Partnership Proposed Total Expenditure Fixed Mobile Red Light Route Total Sites to be decommissioned in 2006-07 Avon & Somerset £4,618,076 0 0 0 0 0 4 Bedfordshire £2,683,684 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambridgeshire £1,294,346 0 0 0 0 0 2 Cheshire £1,859,491 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland £1,360,810 0 2 0 0 2 0 Cumbria £2,337,328 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derbyshire £1,651,150 1 3 0 0 4 0 Devon & Cornwall £2,907,034 0 12 1 0 13 2 Dorset £3,111,530 0 3 0 0 3 1 Essex £4,318,462 5 21 0 0 26 0 Gloucestershire £721,256 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gtr Manchester £3,148,769 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hampshire £2,809,805 0 0 0 0 0 1 Hertfordshire £2,841,000 0 2 0 0 2 0 Humberside £2,356,799 1 0 0 2 3 0 Kent £2,958,577 1 8 1 0 10 0 Lancashire £2,832,446 0 0 0 0 0 0 Leicestershire £1,574,406 0 5 0 1 6 1 Lincolnshire £1,475,325 0 1 0 0 1 1 London £10,219,014 21 0 0 0 21 5 Merseyside £1,672,308 4 23 0 0 27 0 Norfolk £1,337,916 2 9 0 10 21 0 North Wales £3,187,055 0 0 0 0 0 0 Northamptonshire £2,880,879 1 7 1 0 9 0 Northumbria £2,577,231 1 10 3 0 14 0 Nottingham £3,372,726 5 4 0 0 9 0 South Wales £5,942,575 0 0 0 0 0 2 South Yorkshire £3,131,522 3 7 1 0 11 0 Staffordshire £2,211,634 0 0 0 0 0 1 Suffolk £1,990,180 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surrey £1,596,551 2 2 1 0 5 0 Sussex £2,613,412 3 2 0 0 5 0 Thames Valley £5,375,651 0 0 0 0 0 0 Warwickshire £2,552,000 2 3 1 0 6 0 West Mercia £2,629,648 1 1 0 0 2 0 West Midlands £3,179,139 0 0 0 0 0 10 West Yorkshire £3,253,970 6 23 0 0 29 0 Wiltshire £2,743,808 0 4 0 0 4 0 Total £109,327,513 59 152 9 13 233 30

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