Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Sarah Coombes (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 September 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 September 2025 (named day). It was answered by Jake Richards (Labour) on Monday, 15 September 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Road Traffic Offences: Driving Licences and Motor Insurance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders convicted of (a) dangerous driving, (b) driving under the influence and (c) causing serious (i) injury and (ii) death by (A) careless and (B) dangerous driving have also previously failed to who fail to produce (a) a driving licence, (2) an MOT certificate and (3) insurance certificate.

Answer

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions for a wide range of offences, including dangerous driving, driving under the influence, and causing serious injury or death by careless and dangerous driving in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK.

It is not possible to identify those who were convicted of an offence and had been previously convicted for failing to produce either a driving licence, an MOT certificate or insurance certificates. This information may be held in court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
76108
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Death Convictions Dangerous driving Driving under influence Testing Driving licences Motor insurance
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk