§ Mr. R. MORRISONasked the Minister of Transport whether he has considered a suggestion that persons taking out motor-drivers' licences should have the option of taking them out for one-, two-, three-, or four-year periods?
§ Colonel ASHLEYA somewhat similar suggestion has already been considered and I am advised that its adoption would require legislation. The chief value of the driving licence is as a means of identifying and tracing the holder. If it remained valid for a period of years, changes of address and other similar accidents would render it, in many cases, entirely valueless for this purpose. Under the existing system an applicant has to furnish his name and address year by year on renewal of the licence under a penalty of making a false declaration. The proposals contained in the draft Road Traffic Bill that an applicant for a driving
Year. To County and Borough Mental Hospitals. To all other Institutions for the Insane and to Private Single Care. Total. 1923 … … … … … … 21,375 1,679 23,054 1924 … … … … … … 19,704 1,599 21,303 1925 … … … … … … 20,327 1,457 21,784 1926 … … … … … … 20,466 1,458 2[...],924 1927 … … … … … … 20,474 1,419 21,893 Figures are not available for each quarter.