Half Term Week Saw More Visitors Fined for Visiting North Yorkshire

Saturday, 27 February 2021 07:00

By Matthew Pells

The county's leaders are reminding people that lockdown is not yet over.

Half Term week saw more people breaking lockdown rules to visit North Yorkshire.

191 COVID fines were issued across the week, 100 were to visitors and 113 were for being outside.

North Yorkshire Police say they will continue to enforce the stay at home order through to it's expected end on March 29th.

Chief Inspector Charlotte Bloxham says lockdown is not yet over.

But despite the high number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued in the county last week, Chief Inspector Bloxham says the vast majority of people are respecting the continuing lockdown restrictions.

Last week's figures break down as follows.

52% of FPNs issued over the week to visitors to North Yorkshire and City of York
63% of all tickets issued in Scarborough to visitors
100% of tickets issued in Craven to visitors
59% for being outside of place or living without a reasonable excuse

LOCKDOWN 3 NOTICES ISSUED since 16 FEB				Gender		Breach
Local Authority Area where Notice Issued	Notices Issued	Local Residents	Visitors	Male	Female	Being Outside Place of Living	Outdoor Gathering	Indoor Gathering	Obstruct / Contravene / Fail to Close Business
Craven	8		8	6	2	7		1
Hambleton	21	7	14	19	2	13		8
Harrogate	32	18	14	24	8	13		12	7
Richmond	14	2	12	12	2	12		2
Ryedale	18	15	3	12	6	6		12
Scarborough	60	22	38	37	23	46	1	13
Selby	4	0	4	4	0	4
York	34	27	7	25	9	12		18	4
TOTALS	191	91	100	139	52	113		66	11

The North Yorkshire force has now issued over 1,000 FPNs issued since beginning of third national lockdown and 2,910 in total since beginning of pandemic in 2020.

LOCKDOWN 3 NOTICE – TOTAL NUMBER ISSUED SINCE 6 JANUARY 2021				Gender		Breach
Local Authority Area where Notice Issued	Notices Issued	Local Residents	Visitors	Male	Female	Being Outside Place of Living	Outdoor Gathering	Indoor Gathering	Obstruct / Contravene / Fail to Close Business
Craven	95	3	92	81	14	93	1	1	0
Hambleton	76	23	53	66	10	54	5	17	0
Harrogate	87	34	53	69	18	50	1	29	7
Richmond	28	7	21	26	2	19	7	2	0
Ryedale	34	21	13	25	9	22	0	12	0
Scarborough	393	257	136	231	162	156	33	197	7
Selby	64	28	36	51	13	36	3	21	4
York	240	194	46	140	100	60	3	173	4
TOTALS	1017	567	450	689	328	490	53	452	22

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