Written question asked by Andy Slaughter (Labour) on Friday, 5 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 December 2014 (named day). It was answered by Robert Buckland (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 December 2014 on behalf of the Attorney General.
Driving Offences: Prosecutions
- Question
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To ask the Attorney General, how many people were prosecuted for driving cars while (a) disqualified from driving and (b) uninsured in each police force area in the UK in each year since 2010.
- Answer
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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not centrally record the total number of people prosecuted for driving whilst disqualified or driving whilst uninsured. To obtain details of the number of defendants prosecuted for these offences, would require a manual review of individual case files to be undertaken at a disproportionate cost.
Driving motor vehicles while uninsured are specified proceedings. These are offences that are prosecuted by the police rather than the CPS in order to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy and ensure swifter justice. The CPS will only prosecute a specified offence in cases where a not guilty plea has been entered or when the defendant is charged with other associated offences such as driving with excess alcohol.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 217583
- Session
- 2014-15
- Subjects
- Disqualification Insurance Prosecutions Road traffic offences
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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