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Table B: Average fine imposed( 1) at magistrates courts for the offence of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks( 2) by police force area, England and Wales, 1997 to 2006
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Police force area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003( 3)	2004	2005	2006
Avon and Somerset	259	204	165	182	130	133	138	154	154	155
Bedfordshire	314	293	274	226	164	169	137	143	156	183
Cambridgeshire	221	209	215	182	119	118	131	152	171	182
Cheshire	274	248	237	211	149	153	167	179	190	195
Cleveland	162	167	170	179	167	173	171	189	202	210
Cumbria	150	171	220	265	152	151	159	169	171	186
Derbyshire	270	279	283	296	337	355	367	367	376	372
Devon and Cornwall	184	185	178	179	133	132	127	134	145	150
Dorset	295	302	301	261	121	114	125	158	171	176
Durham	181	177	194	160	118	122	121	116	123	132
Essex	174	149	140	123	101	104	112	164	182	202
Gloucestershire	154	202	247	240	91	86	133	147	143	140
Greater Manchester	245	226	236	232	152	151	157	167	176	181
Hampshire	132	135	138	136	119	122	124	131	138	141
Hertfordshire	193	164	173	204	155	166	181	198	208	216
Humberside	159	148	143	137	122	132	137	150	180	194
Kent	246	241	227	271	209	192	191	197	204	221
Lancashire	332	296	237	219	111	113	141	156	169	183
Leicestershire	318	318	276	254	134	135	138	150	145	152
Lincolnshire	159	197	209	188	133	134	148	179	185	196
London, City of	332	314	346	375	369	368	334	230	198	214
Merseyside	200	203	200	207	163	167	148	137	141	147
Metropolitan Police	202	185	184	169	139	140	143	147	165	179
Norfolk	242	256	265	210	99	107	139	152	152	165
Northamptonshire	243	286	310	280	280	339	245	183	156	172
Northumbria	136	146	148	144	130	135	135	137	142	148
North Yorkshire	249	236	230	211	130	136	141	166	177	185
Nottinghamshire	164	165	153	150	152	156	152	188	138	147
South Yorkshire	194	206	191	170	128	137	146	125	147	143
Staffordshire	251	228	234	198	152	163	166	186	230	256
Suffolk	193	192	192	183	128	138	133	136	156	162
Surrey	243	242	215	218	201	215	221	197	195	217
Sussex	218	186	181	167	118	117	138	162	170	169
Thames Valley	292	257	268	250	134	135	158	198	206	217
Warwickshire	228	175	177	188	156	168	164	210	200	230
West Mercia	268	282	282	263	176	180	165	193	208	218
West Midlands	207	190	189	201	169	192	200	206	207	211
West Yorkshire	255	242	242	209	120	123	134	144	144	146
Wiltshire	152	182	186	204	283	286	280	200	208	228
Dyfed-Powys	183	182	175	169	155	166	172	187	184	191
Gwent	253	225	225	208	148	154	171	157	171	172
North Wales	210	226	272	230	144	150	149	154	163	173
South Wales	190	180	183	188	159	173	158	154	149	158
England and Wales	224	214	212	203	150	155	160	169	177	185
(1) Magistrates courts data only. Fines given at the Crown court total nationally (England and Wales) less than 10 each year. (2) An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 143 (2) (3) As from 1 June 2003, ‘driving a motor vehicle while uninsured against third party risks’ became a fixed penalty offence. Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences may be less than complete. 2. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

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