HC Deb 07 December 1988 vol 143 c208W
Mr. Hunter

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there were in England and Wales in 1987 for the offence of driving while disqualified; and what assessment he has made of the actual incidence of driving whilst disqualified which remains undetected.

Mr. John Patten

The number of findings of guilt for driving while disqualified is published annually in Home Office statistical bulletins, "Offences, relating to motor vehicles, England and Wales" (table 9 of issue 32/88 gives figures up to 1987). Further information is given in a companion volume of supplementary tables; the issue for 1987 will be published soon.

Information on the level of undetected offences of driving while disqualified is not available.