§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) endorsements and (b) disqualifications were registered by the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency against holders of GB driving licences in each of the last five years. [159789]
§ Caroline Flint[holding answer 8 March 2004]: Information is not collected centrally on the number of endorsements and disqualifications issued against GB driving licence holders.
Available data, given in the tables, shows the number of fixed penalty notices issued for endorsable offences and the number of offences where endorsements without disqualifications and total disqualifications were imposed at all courts within England and Wales from 1997 to 2001.
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Table A: Driving licence endorsements by type of action, England and Wales, 1997–2001 Number of offences Type of action Fixed penalty notices: issued for endorsable offences Court proceedings (all courts): endorsements without disqualifications 1997 841,055 623,205 1998 902,640 622,734 1999 937,719 637,487 2000 1 1,101,490 626,317 2001 1,341,564 599,879 1 Revised since publication of HOSB
Table B: Driving licence disqualifications imposed at all courts, England and Wales, 1997–2001 Number of offences where total disqualifications imposed Persons disqualified under s.35 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (penalty point system) 1997 161,267 31,120 1998 157,963 23,865 1999 156,099 34,210 2000 153,293 33,554 2001 165,044 30,079