§ Mr. Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many spot checks of drivers' motor insurance, either routine or following a traffic incident, are made on the average weekday by the police in the Greater London area; what percentage are subsequently shown to be without insurance cover; and if he will publish a statistical projection to estimate the numbers nationally of those driving without valid insurance at any given time.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe Commissioner estimates that over 2,000 drivers a day on average were asked to produce insurance particulars in the Metropolitan Police District in 1974. In the same year, 16,113 drivers were convicted of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks, an average of 44 a day. It is not possible to derive any valid projection of the type requested in the last part of the Question from such information.