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Driving: Licensing

Volume 464: debated on Monday 8 October 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people (a) over and (b) under the age of 25 years held a full UK driving licence in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK in each year since 1997. (156031)

Statistics are held for local authorities and regions for 2006 only. Information is not held by constituency so we are unable to supply data for Jarrow. The Department for Transport only hold figures for Great Britain.

Area

Under 25

Over 25

Total

South Tyneside

6,020

65,373

71,393

North East

114,893

1,178,712

1,293,605

GB

2,927,219

31,848,368

34,775,587

Source: DfT January 2006 Census

Drivers statistics collated prior to January 2006 are only available as national (GB) totals.

Under 25

Over 25

Total

July 1997

3,645,225

28,684,003

32,329,228

April 1998

3,500,031

29,032,186

32,532,217

April 1999

3,234,582

29,434,406

32,668,988

September 2000

2,965,137

29,915,224

32,880,361

January 2001

2,935,143

30,005,339

32,940,482

November 2003

2,805,722

30,965,965

33,771,687

January 2006

2,927,219

31,848,368

34,775,587

Source: Various DfT Drivers Censuses

The Drivers Census is run on a sporadic basis. That is the reason why there appear to be missing years in the table.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of (a) male and (b) female car driving licence holders have unendorsed licences. (156554)

Although DVLA records details of driving convictions on its driving licence records, it does not have available a statistical breakdown of the numbers of male and female drivers who have unendorsed licences.