Written question asked by Tom Cox (Labour) on Thursday, 14 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 October 2004. It was answered by Caroline Flint (Labour) on Thursday, 21 October 2004 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prosecutions there were of drivers within the Greater London area who did not have a current MOT certificate for the motor vehicle they were driving in each of the last three years. - Including table.

Answer: Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there were of drivers within the Greater London area who did not have a current MOT certificate for the motor vehicle they were driving in each of the last three years. [192674] Caroline Flint: The Home Office Court Proceedings Database cannot separately identify the specific offence of driving a vehicle without a valid MOT certificate. The table shows total proceedings for all vehicle test offences. Data for 2003 are expected to be published in early 2005. Proceedings at magistrates courts for vehicle test offences1 within Greater London2, 2000-02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total proceedings 2000 20,105 2001 19,623 2002 21,508 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Offences aiding, abetting, causing or permitting vehicle test offences (except fraud) under the Road Traffic Act 1988 ss. 47(1), 51(2), 53(1)--(3), 63(1), 63(2), 67(9), 76(8), 165(3) and175; Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles Act 1972 s.3(1) (c); Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 Regs. 70 and 73. 2 The Metropolitan and City of London police combined.

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