Figures released by police show that nearly 17,000 fines have been issues by police in England and Wales to people breaching lockdown.
The fines were introduced on March 27, and gave police powers to break up gatherings and fine people for breaching restriction of movement rules under the Health Protection Regulations 2020.
The fines carried penalties of £60, reduced to £30 if paid within two weeks, with the fine doubled for each repeat offence up to a £960 maximum.
However, higher fines have since been imposed in England, costing £100 - and reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days. They rise to a maximum of £3,200 for subsequent offences.
How many fines have been handed out in my area?
Data from the National Police Chiefs' Council released on May 29 shows a total of 16,947 fixed penalty notices (FPNs), including 15,552 in England and 1,395 in Wales, were recorded by forces up to Friday, 29 May 2020.
Here are the total number of fines issued by police forces in England between March 27 and May 25 for alleged breaches of the coronavirus lockdown laws - use ctrl+F to search for your area:
– Avon and Somerset: 325
– Bedfordshire: 302
– British Transport Police (BTP): 331
– Cambridgeshire: 132
– Cheshire: 193
– City of London: 70
– Cleveland: 303
– Cumbria: 436
– Derbyshire: 243
– Devon and Cornwall: 906
– Dorset: 737
– Durham: 155
– Essex: 227
– Gloucestershire: 245
– Greater Manchester: 309
– Hampshire: 261
– Hertfordshire: 269
– Humberside: 126
– Kent: 125
– Lancashire: 765
– Leicestershire: 365
– Lincolnshire: 221
– Merseyside: 519
– Metropolitan: 1,035
– MoD Police: 36
– Norfolk: 368
– North Yorkshire: 1,032
– Northamptonshire: 384
– Northumbria: 243
– Nottinghamshire: 188
– South Yorkshire: 391
– Staffordshire: 53
– Suffolk: 261
– Surrey: 632
– Sussex: 757
– Thames Valley: 878
– Warwickshire: 40
– West Mercia: 177
– West Midlands: 442
– West Yorkshire: 881
– Wiltshire: 189
Total: 15,552
Number of fines issued by police forces in Wales in the same timeframe:
– BTP: 15
– Dyfed-Powys: 816
– Gwent: 91
– North Wales: 256
– South Wales: 217
Total: 1,395
Since lockdown measures were eased on May 13, the number of penalties have plummeted with a total of 841 fines handed out by forces in England.
