Unlicensed vehicles on a public road are clamped. If a release fee and either a tax disc or surety payment is not made within 24 hours, the vehicles are impounded. If fees are not paid, the vehicle will be disposed of either by it being scrapped, recycled to the emergency services or, in a few cases, sold. Information we hold on the number of vehicles subject to these enforcement steps is:
Vehicles clamped Of these: vehicles impounded Vehicles disposed of by scrapping or sale England 2002 32,270 21,391 16,583 2003 57,794 37,015 27,354 2004 61,732 44,449 30,994 2005 77,355 57,578 36,004 2006 78,272 56,986 33,763 2007 108,385 65,010 39,872 Total 415,808 282,429 184,570 Scotland 2002 3,062 2,494 2,011 2003 5,199 3,347 2,876 2004 4,028 2,611 2,277 2005 4,030 2,385 2,068 2006 4,393 2,761 2,197 2007 8,209 3,986 3,005 Total 28,921 17,584 14,434 Wales 2002 1,274 763 689 2003 2,290 1,225 1,090 2004 2,265 1,299 1,080 2005 2,613 1,855 1,303 2006 4,144 2,315 1,500 2007 7,048 3,589 2,368 Total 19,634 11,046 8,030 Northern Ireland 2002 1— 1— 1— 2003 1— 1— 1— 2004 1— 1— 1— 2005 1,329 1— 283 2006 3,132 911 849 2007 5,039 1,213 557 Total 9,500 2,124 1,689 Total 2002 36,606 24,648 19,283 2003 65,283 41,587 31,320 2004 68,025 48,359 34,351 2005 85,327 61,818 39,658 2006 89,941 62,973 38,309 2007 128,681 73,798 45,802 Total 473,863 313,183 208,723 1 No figures available.