HC Deb 16 October 1996 vol 282 c1007W
Mr. Chidgey

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been in each of the last five years against private individuals or companies for forging their MOT certificates. [40351]

Mr. Maclean

[holding answer 14 October 1996]: The following table gives the readily available information:

Total number of proceedings for the offence of fraud, forgery etc. of test certificates, England and Wales, 1990–94
Number
1990 638
1991 732
1992 676
1993 978
1994 1,803

Statistics for 1995 are due to be published at the end of October 1996.