Written question asked by Paul Rowen (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 21 March 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 March 2007. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 April 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

Driving Offences: Courts

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many driving offences were tried in (a) magistrates’ courts and (b) Crown courts in each of the last five years; and what average penalty was handed down in each case.

Answer: [holding answer 26 March 2007]: Information on proceedings, convictions and sentences imposed at criminal courts for motoring offences can be found in the annual Home Office publication ‘Offences relating to motor vehicles, England and Wales, Supplementary tables’ (latest available covers 2004). Copies are available in the Library. The publication is available on the Research Development and Statistics (RDS) website.The main website addresses are:"2000: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/motosupps00.pdf""2001: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs2/hosbsuptab303.pdf""2002: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/hosb0504supps.pdf""2003: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs05/hosb0605supp.pdf""2004: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb0506supp.pdf"2005 data will be available later this year.

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