Driving Offences (Mobile Phones) Mr. Drew To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been mounted against those accused of using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving in each year the law has been in operation, broken down by police authority; and how many of those prosecutions were successful. Mr. McNulty Available information taken from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for the years 2003-04 (latest available) is given in the table. 2005 data will be available early in 2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of offences | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2003|2004| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Police force area |Total proceedings|Total findings of guilt|Total proceedings|Total findings of guilt| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Avon and Somerset |—|—|19|19| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire |1|1|5|5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cambridgeshire |—|—|7|6| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire |—|—|2|1| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cleveland |—|—|4|3| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cumbria |—|—|24|24| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Derbyshire |—|—|17|16| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Devon and Cornwall |—|—|19|17| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dorset |—|—|—|—| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Durham |—|—|1|1| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Essex |—|—|28|25| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gloucestershire |—|—|1|1| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Greater Manchester |—|—|73|65| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hampshire |—|—|18|15| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hertfordshire |—|—|6|6| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Humberside |—|—|4|4| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kent |—|—|—|—| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lancashire |—|—|17|16| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Leicestershire |—|—|12|9| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Lincolnshire |—|—|9|5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London, City of |—|—|7|5| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Merseyside |—|—|22|20| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Metropolitan police |—|—|203|124| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Norfolk |—|—|20|15| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire |—|—|—|—| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northumbria |—|—|32|29| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Yorkshire |—|—|18|18| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nottinghamshire |—|—|8|7| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Yorkshire |—|—|12|12| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Staffordshire |—|—|11|10| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Suffolk |—|—|7|4| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Surrey |—|—|9|7| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sussex |—|—|1|1| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Thames Valley |—|—|24|21| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Warwickshire |—|—|7|7| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Mercia |—|—|17|15| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands |—|—|61|52| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Yorkshire |—|—|11|9| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wiltshire |—|—|21|19| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dyfed Powys |—|—|13|13| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Gwent |—|—|—|—| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North Wales |—|—|3|3| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South Wales |—|—|16|12| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England and Wales |1|1|789|641| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Offences under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regulations 110 (1), 110 (2) and 110 (3). Introduced 1 December 2003. Source: Court Proceedings Database.| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Kramer To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been for using a handheld mobile phone while driving since the offence was introduced. Mr. McNulty Available information taken from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for the years 2003-04 (latest available) is given in the table. 2005 data will be available early in 2007. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number of offences| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003 |1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004 |789 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1Offences under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regulations 110(1), 110 (2) and 110 (3). Introduced 1 December 2003. Source: Court Proceedings Database.| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------