HC Deb 10 February 1997 vol 290 c65W
Mr. David Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures his Department took to advertise the provisional licence ban for motor cycle riders which commenced on 1 January. [14911]

Mr. Bowis

On 1 January we advised all the registered keepers of learner-size motor cycles and mopeds, the group of existing riders who were most likely to be affected, of the new compulsory basic training rules. It is not possible to identify how many of those had already undertaken training or who held full entitlement to ride, and were therefore unaffected personally. Informing all registered keepers served to pass the message to learners who might use those machines.

Mr. Nicholson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of the number of motor cycle riders affected by the provisional licence ban which commenced on 1 January. [14917]

Mr. Bowis

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Mr. Chidgey) on 21 January 1997,Official Report, columns 561–62.