§ Mr. Iremongerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many motorists have ben imprisoned in the last five years under Section 8 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, for failing to produce their driving licences to the court for endorsement or disqualification; and what action has been taken to prevent them driving with clean licences after serving their sentences;
(2) what action he is taking to deal with motorists in the Metropolitan Police area, who, having failed to produce their licences for endorsement or disqualification, continue to drive with a clean licence.
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§ Mr. R. A. ButlerSection 111 of the Road Traffic Act, 1960, provides that it shall be an offence to fail to produce a licence to a court for endorsement within the time required by the court and that the licence shall be suspended and be of no effect from the expiration of that time until it is produced for endorsement I am informed by the Commissioner of Police that local police officers are informed when it is known that a particular individual is in possession of a suspended licence.
In the years 1955–1959 one person was sentenced in the Metropolitan Police District to imprisonment for failing to produce a licence for endorsement. I regret that figures for the rest of the country are not available.