§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many road traffic accidents were attended by traffic police in each year from 1979; and how many arrests and charges were made by traffic patrol officers in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Giles ShawInformation is not available centrally on the number of road accidents attended by the police or the number of arrests and charges made by the police. Statistics on road accidents involving injury are published by the Department of Transport each year in "Road Accidents Great Britain", and information on persons proceeded against for motoring offences is published by the Home Office in an annual bulletin "Offences Relating to Motor Vehicles, England and Wales".