asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 5 December (HL524), why the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency records cannot make available the number of drivers who are currently disqualified from driving; and whether this information is held on the police national computer. [HL819]

The driver register has accurate individual records of who is entitled to drive and who is disqualified from driving. The system was not designed to run statistical analysis of the complete register.

It is not possible from the information on driving disqualifications held on the police national computer to calculate the number of people currently disqualified from driving.