HC Deb 14 October 1996 vol 282 cc681-2W
Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motorists have been(a) reported, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving; and if he will make a statement. [39931]

Mr. Bowis: Using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving is not an offence, but a driver doing so may well be prosecuted for careless or inconsiderate driving or for

Mr. Bowis

The numbers of bus and coach passenger casualties in motorway accidents in Great Britain are as follows for each of the last 10 years, together with the proportion who were standing in each injury category.

failing to exercise proper control of a vehicle. Information on how many cases relate to the use of hand-held mobile telephones could be obtained only from original court records and only at disproportionate cost.