§ 23. Mr. LOVAT-FRASERasked the Home Secretary how many persons using motor vehicles have been convicted of offences involving the making of noise during 1930, 1931 and 1932?
§ Sir J. GILMOURThe particulars collected from the police for the purpose of the annual return of motoring offences show the numbers of convictions but not the numbers of persons dealt with for this class of offence. During 1930, there were 23,468 convictions in England and Wales for silencer offences, but figures are not available for that year in respect of other noise offences. During 1931, there were 21,062 convictions in England and Wales for excessive noise offences of all kinds. I regret I cannot give the information asked for in respect of 1932, as the returns for that year have not yet all been received.