§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been in each of the last five years against private individuals or companies for forging their MOT certificates. [40351]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 14 October 1996]: The following table gives the readily available information:
Total number of proceedings for the offence of fraud, forgery etc. of test certificates, England and Wales, 1990–94 Number 1990 638 1991 732 1992 676 1993 978 1994 1,803 Statistics for 1995 are due to be published at the end of October 1996.