To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of (a) deaths, (b) serious incidents and (c) other accidents caused by persons driving while using hand-held mobile telephones in each police force area in 2006. (144305)

The information requested for 2006 will be available on 28 June 2007. Details of forthcoming Department for Transport statistical publications’ including “Road Casualties in Great Britain—Main Results” and “Road Casualties in Great Britain—Annual Report”, can be found at:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/recentforthcoming publications/forthcomingstatisticalpublic5470.