To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of UK residents whose personal details are held on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (a) vehicle register database, (b) driver register database, (c) local office casework system database and (d) driver and vehicle intelligence database. (242430)

[holding answer 11 December 2008]: We are not able to provide the number of UK residents currently registered on these databases. However the total number of currently licensed vehicles on the vehicle record and current driving licence holders on the driver database is:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the proportion of personal detail entries relating to UK residents which contained inaccurate information on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (a) vehicle register database, (b) driver register database, (c) local office casework systems database and (d) driver and vehicle intelligence database in each of the last four years. (242431)

[holding answer 11 December 2008]: Accuracy surveys are completed on the vehicle record (annually) and driver record (biennially) but not on the local office casework system record database or driver and vehicle intelligence database. The reported accuracy levels are:

Full vehicles surveys were conducted in late 2003, 2005 and 2007. Figures for 2004 and 2006 are estimates based on internal measures.

Surveys reporting on 2008 accuracy of both vehicles and drivers databases are currently being undertaken and are due to report early next year. Surveys are now programmed to be conducted every year.