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Driving Offences: Insurance

Volume 459: debated on Tuesday 17 April 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of motor vehicle accidents in England involving drivers without adequate insurance. (131124)

The latest figures available on uninsured accidents reported in the UK to the Motor Insurers' Bureau are as follows:

2004

2005

Uninsured drivers

28,518

24,367

Untraced drivers

13,072

13,221

No separate breakdown is available for England alone.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the number of regular drivers without adequate insurance in England. (131125)

I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my Friend the hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright) on Thursday 8 February 2007, Official Report, column 1063W. Separate figures for England are not available.