§ Mr. SpellarTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cases of vehicle tax evasion were detected in the last three years; and how many(a) prosecutions and (b) convictions resulted. [40295]
§ Mr. BowisThe number of vehicle excise duty offence reports received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in the last three years was 5.2 million. These led to 657,000 evaders being successfully prosecuted, with a further 753,000 paying penalties out of court. Many of the remaining reports were duplication for the same vehicle. In other cases, it turned out that an offence had not been committed, or that enforcement action had encouraged relicensing, making any further action unnecessary.