Enforcement of the offence is an operational matter for individual chief officers of police. They will decide on what allocation of their resources is appropriate.
Data provided by the Ministry of Justice on the findings of guilt at all courts for vehicle insurance offences in England and Wales, in 2007 (latest available) can be viewed in the table.
Information on the number of people convicted of a mixture of offences is not separately published.
Data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
Offence type Total findings of guilt Vehicle insurance offences: Using motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks 232,811 Making false statements or withholding material information 272 Other insurance offences (excluding fraud and forgery) 16,015 Sub-total 249,098 1 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. Source: OCJR E&A (Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Evidence and Analysis Unit), Ministry of Justice