§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers were disqualified in each of the years from 1960.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe figures for Magistrates' Courts in England and Wales are as follows:
1960 41,006 1961 41,942 1962 42,011 1963 44,019 1964 49,488 1965 55,985 The figures for Higher Courts are not available before 1964. In 1964 they disqualified 1,719 persons, and in 1965, 2,075.
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§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he intends to introduce legislation which will enable the police to arrest a person who is driving while disqualified at any time of the day in any part of England, Scotland and Wales.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsMy right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport and I hope that a provision for this purpose will be included in the Road Safety Bill.
§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many disqualified drivers were involved in accidents in each of the years from 1960; and how many such drivers were sent to prison.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI have no information about the number of disqualified drivers involved in accidents.
The numbers of offences of driving while disqualified in respect of which the persons concerned were sentenced in England and Wales to terms of imprisonment by magistrates' courts were:
1960 2,026 1961 2,452 1962 2,423 1963 2,141 1964 2,104 1965 2,511 Figures for Higher Courts are not available before 1964. For 1964, the figures were 312, including two sentences of corrective training; and for 1965 447, including one sentence of corrective training.