Driving Licences (Hansard, 23 July 2002)

HC Deb 23 July 2002 vol 389 c965W 965W

§ Mr. Gibb
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his estimate is of the number of fraudulent driving licences in circulation. [72108]

§ Mr. Jamieson
It is not possible to provide the estimate which the hon. Member is seeking.

§ Mr. Gibb
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the bar code on the(a) driving licence card and (b) counterpart driving licence accesses information additional to the information contained on the face of the driving licence card and the counterpart driving licence. [72116]

§ Mr. Jamieson
The bar codes on these two documents are only for processing purposes. They do not allow access to any additional information.