HC Deb 10 April 1989 vol 150 cc407-8W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motorists have been charged with driving without a road fund tax following the recent campaigns by his Department.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The 20 vehicle excise duty enforcement campaigns run by the Department in conjunction with police forces in England and Scotland during 1988 resulted in 12,000 motorists being reported for not having a valid tax disc.

Some 8,000 of these have already been prosecuted and many more cases will be dealt with by the courts in the coming months.