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Written question asked by Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 23 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 June 2007. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 June 2007 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Databases

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were prosecuted for failure to submit updated information to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

Drivers and vehicle keepers are required to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) when changes occur in personal details and vehicle keepership. It is an offence to fail to notify such changes.In the main, prosecution of such offences is for the police and comprehensive information on the number of prosecutions relating to these offences is not kept by this Department.Since 1999, DVLA has taken forward its own prosecutions under dual notification arrangements, which apply when a vehicle changes hands, and require the disposing keeper to notify the DVLA of the details of the new keeper. The following table sets out the numbers of cases settled both out of court and via successful prosecution at magistrates court.

Settled out of court Successful prosecutions
1999-2000 1,717 179
2000-01 9,274 934
2001-02 16,844 1,818
2002-03 29,262 4,469
2003-04 24,722 4,663
2004-05 10,546 5,025
2005-06 9,143 5,265
2006-07 7,586 4,948
Totals 109,094 27,301

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
139973; 461 c393-4W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Databases Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
Link
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