§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the system of using scrambled names and dates of birth as the numbering system for driving licences is to be continued on the new photocard driving licences to be issued in 1996, or whether consideration is being given to using either National Insurance or National Health numbers and what would be cost implications of each.
§ Lord Mackay of ArdbrecknishThe present driver number serves us well and we currently have no plans to change the system.