§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answers of 4 May 2004,Official Report, column 1398W, and 12 May 2004, Official Report, columns 351–52W, on driving licences, if he will obtain from the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency an estimate of the number of people who have five points or more on their driving licence. [173995]
§ Caroline FlintI understand from DVLA that such an estimate could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 10 May, reference 169445, how many people lost their driving licence under section 35 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (penalty points system) in each year since 1990. [174120]
§ Caroline FlintInformation, taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database, is given in the table.
Number of persons disqualified1 under section 35 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (penalty points system) by type of
court, England and Wales, 1990–2002
Type of court Magistrates court
Crown court Total all courts
1990 33,017 275 33,292 1991 26,705 146 26,851 1992 29,194 121 29,315 1993 31,824 43 31,867 1994 33,128 21 33,149 1995 31,652 262 31,914 1996 31,006 427 31,433 1997 30,939 181 31,120 1998 23,695 170 23,865 1999 34,146 64 34,210 2000 33,497 57 33,554 2001 30,004 75 30,079 2002 30,336 162 30,498 1 The Home Office Court Proceedings Database does not identify the individual offence under which the disqualification on reaching 12 points within three years was ordered by the courts.