[holding answer 13 June 2008]: Available information held by the Ministry of Justice, from 2002 to 2006 which is the latest available, is provided in tables A and B.
2007 data should be available by the end of 2008.
Number of offences Number of prosecutions Number of convictions 2002 578 328 2003 704 404 2004 625 377 2005 570 369 2006 506 334 1 Offences under s. 170 (4) and (7) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. 2. 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 inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Number of offences Number of prosecutions Number of convictions 2002 1,144 756 2003 1,074 718 2004 830 559 2005 670 493 2006 704 549 1 Offences under s. 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. 2. 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 inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.