§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people over the age of 17 years have been caught driving without having passed a recognised driving test within each police authority area during each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. JackThe following table sets out the number of prosecutions for offences of "driving without licence or 421W causing or permitting to drive without licence" and "provisional licence holders not accompanied by qualified person" committed by persons 17 years old and above in
Number of prosecutions for offences committed by persons aged 17 years and over England and Wales Number of offences Driving without licence or causing or permitting to drive without licence or provisional licence holder not accompanied by qualified person Police force 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Avon and Somerset 3,896 4,471 4,485 4,749 6,040 Bedfordshire 1,933 2,056 1,842 2,110 1,834 Cambridgeshire 1,492 1,476 1,536 1,795 1,621 Cheshire 2,086 2,113 2,116 2,402 2,381 Cleveland 1,795 1,828 1,854 1,950 2,319 Cumbria 1,555 1,634 1,328 1,290 1,815 Derbyshire 2,683 2,523 2,525 2,700 2,189 Devon and Cornwall 3,647 3,571 3,582 3,742 4,292 Dorset 1,514 1,644 1,928 1,993 2,092 Durham 1,886 1,784 1,839 2,272 2,116 Essex 3,165 3,370 3,506 3,153 3,539 Gloucestershire 1,665 1,886 1,641 1,639 2,001 Greater Manchester 7,842 8,936 9,256 10,242 11,306 Hampshire 3,870 4,471 4,573 4,158 4,241 Hertfordshire 1,653 1,659 1,884 2,111 2,382 Humberside 1,765 2,160 2,185 2,154 2,080 Kent 3,248 3,576 3,998 3,577 3,125 Lancashire 4,588 4,834 5,413 5,059 5,067 Leicestershire 2,956 3,210 3,030 3,209 4,236 Lincolnshire 1,274 1,383 1,547 1,663 1,184 London, City 383 535 536 461 486 Merseyside 4,742 4,940 5,985 6,437 7,939 Metropolitan 11,129 11,592 10,614 8,653 19,605 Norfolk 1,296 1,184 1,279 1,151 1,094 Northamptonshire 1,401 1,661 1,913 2,058 2,483 Northumbria 4,139 4,075 4,385 6,232 8,050 North Yorkshire 1,184 1,323 1,381 1,424 1,772 Nottinghamshire 2,914 2,704 2,882 3,210 3,245 South Yorkshire 4,802 4,343 4,126 3,856 3,943 Staffordshire 2,327 2,530 3,053 3,193 3,164 Suffolk 1,218 1,236 1,361 1,335 1,464 Surrey 1,446 1,605 1,800 1,777 2,087 Sussex 3,356 4,496 4,868 4,913 4,984 Thames Valley 3,702 4,340 4,376 5,658 5,867 Warwickshire 1,126 1,290 1,652 1,483 1,352 West Mercia 2,730 2,870 3,155 3,465 3,327 West Midlands 9,080 10,704 11,034 11,192 12,539 West Yorkshire 6,151 5,829 5,831 7,036 6,831 Wiltshire 894 1,004 1,149 1,314 1,577 Dyfed Powys 845 820 1,041 1,058 1,317 Gwent 1,829 1,747 1,606 1,581 1,493 North Wales 1,910 2,058 2,397 2,396 2,521 South Wales 5,899 7,174 6,749 7,002 6,812 Total 129,016 138,645 143,241 148,853 169,812