§ Mr. McMasterto ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how minty prosecutions were recorded in courts relating to the non-payment of road tax in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. John PattenThe available information, relating to England and Wales, for each year since 1983 is as follows:
Number of Proceedings for failing to pay appropriate motor vehicle licence duty, England and Wales Year Proceedings 1983 156,520 1984 159,113 1985 168,119 1986 181,893 1987 170,124 1988 178,875 1989 166,575 Source:
Offences relating to motor vehicles, England and Wales, Supplementary tables. Issues 1983 to 1989.
Statistics for earlier years could be obtained only at disproportionate cost and those for 1990 will be available in the autumn.