(2) how many motorists were (a) caught and (b) prosecuted for driving while disqualified in each of the last 10 years.
Decisions as to the charging and prosecution of those detected apparently driving while disqualified are matters for the police and C.P.S and data are not recorded centrally.
Data on the numbers of those disqualified and proceeded against for driving while disqualified from driving are set out in the following tables.
2005 data will be available early in 2007.
Government Office Regions 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 North East 6,600 6,600 6,900 7,200 8,000 7,900 8,300 8,700 9,000 9,100 North West 22,200 21,600 21,600 21,400 21,000 20,700 22,800 25,900 26,900 25,200 Yorkshire and the Humber 13,900 15,500 15,500 14,700 14,600 13,900 13,400 13,700 14,600 15,700 East Midlands 10,800 11,200 12,600 11,900 12,900 12,100 11,900 12,000 14,800 14,200 West Midlands 16,700 17,600 18,700 18,700 17,300 18,400 18,700 20,500 21,900 23,700 East 13,700 14,400 15,100 15,200 15,000 14,100 16,400 18,400 19,700 17,500 London 29,200 26,300 26,100 23,100 21,800 20,400 21,500 25,300 26,900 30,300 South East 20,600 20,700 21,200 22,200 22,000 21,900 24,900 28,300 23,000 23,300 South West 12,900 13,100 13,600 13,500 13,900 13,700 14,700 15,700 17,400 15,400 Wales 8,600 9,200 10,000 10,500 9,500 10,200 12,900 15,000 16,600 16,000 Total England and Wales 155,200 156,200 161,300 158,400 156,000 153,300 165,500 183,500 190,800 190,400 1 Excludes persons disqualified under s 35 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (penalty points system).
Number of persons 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total England and Wales 31,900 31,400 31,100 23,900 34,200 33,600 30,100 30,500 33,300 30,900 1 Disqualifications under section 35 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (penalty points system). Note:Data available at national (England and Wales) level only.
Number of offences 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total proceedings 53,000 49,800 48,900 48,200 50,000 49,000 51,400 55,600 63,400 59,500 1 Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 103(1). Note:Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.