Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will specify each donation made by his Department in response to public appeals for financial aid during each financial year since 1979–80.
§ Mr. PortilloThe information is:
Donation to £ 1979–80 to Channel ferry disaster fund 1985–86 nil King's Cross disaster fund 1986–87 11,000,000 Clapham junction disaster fund 1987–88 250,000 East midlands air crash disaster fund 1988–89 250,000 2150,000 1 Repayable advance from the Contingencies Fund, which was repaid in 1987–88. 2 The balance of the Government donation of £250,000 was met by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has as to the annual cost in
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 Number of driving licences issued to new drivers 1,346,373 1,382,060 1,290,680 1,348,336 1,135,724 1,273,977 1,202,565 1,193,244 1,120,315 1,177,748 Total number of valid licences issued 6,271,974 6,622,997 6,199,578 6,665,962 6,346,080 5,666,748 5,621,893 5,621,893 6,320,371 6,656,681 Percentage of total that new drivers represent 21.47 20.87 20.82 20.23 17.90 22.48 21.39 18.88 17.89 17.69
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many driving licences were reissued in each of the past 10 years as a result of(a) a change of address, (b) loss, (c) disqualified drivers requalifying and (d) other causes; and what percentage of the total number of licences issued in each of these years each of these categories represent.
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(a) (b) (c) (d) Change of address including names(replacements) per cent.of total Loss (duplicates) per cent. of total Disqualification (renewal after disqualification) per cent. of total Others per cent. of total Total licences issued (including first issues to new applicants) 1979 1,434,904 22.88 201,177 3.21 61,883 0.99 3,227,637 51.46 6,271,974 1980 1,560,646 23.56 234,876 3.55 66,166 1.00 3,379,249 51.02 6,622,99'7 1981 1,394,394 22.49 206,631 3.33 58,422 0.94 3,249,451 52.41 6,199,578 1982 1,773,176 26.60 272,278 4.08 65,324 0.98 3,206,848 48.10 6,665,962 1983 1,955,790 30.31 271,983 4.29 59,354 0.94 2,923,229 46.06 6,346,081 1984 2,058,675 36.33 304,078 5.37 73,852 1.30 1,956,166 34.52 5,666,748 1985 2,222,845 39.54 340,650 6.06 80,857 1.44 1,775,636 31.58 5,621,893 1986 2,752,320 43.55 377,247 5.97 87,386 1.38 1,910,177 30.22 6,320,371 1987 2,796,194 44.65 396,010 6.32 89,623 1.43 1,859,915 27.70 6,262,057 1988 3,052,674 45.86 441,056 6.63 88,872 1.34 1,896,331 28.49 6,656,681 each of the past 10 years of the issue of drivers' licences by the driver and vehicle licensing centre, Swansea; and if he will give the number of staff employed in each year at the centre for this purpose.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe total cost of operating the driver licensing system and the staff employed in DVLCs driver licensing division in each of the last 10 years is as follows:
Financial year £ million Licensing division staff numbers 1978–79 12.3 1,053 1979–80 11.3 901 1980–81 12.7 919 1981–82 16.0 949 1982–83 17.6 942 1983–84 19.4 932 1984–85 20.5 915 1985–86 20.3 965 1986–87 20.4 964 1987–88 21.0 915 Total cost 171.5
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will detail the number of driving licences issued to new drivers in each of the last 10 years, together with the total number of valid licences in each year and the percentage of the total that new drivers' licences represent.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe table provides the required information.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThere are no statistics available about the number of driving licences issued for change of address. The driving licence form which is used for this purpose may also be used for change of name—for example, females on marriage. The statistics are therefore combined. The table shows the categories of licences issued in the last 10 years.