Driving Offences: Mobile Phones Dr. Kumar To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been fined for using mobile telephones while driving in (a) England, (b) Teesside and (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency since 2003. Mr. Alan Campbell The information requested on court fines (provided by the Ministry of Justice) as well as fixed penalty notices issued by the police for using mobile telephones while driving in England and Cleveland police force area, covering 2003 to 2007 (latest available) is provided in tables A and B. It is not possible to separately identify fines issued to drivers in Teesside and Middlesbrough south as the data reported to the Home Office and Ministry of Justice are broken down by police force area level only. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number of offences| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Police force area |20032 |2004|2005|2006|2007| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |England |1,888 |70,494|122,748|158,605|115,406| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Region3 |69 |2841|5327|6515|5271| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cleveland police force area |13 |1,066|1,955|2263|1495| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Covers tickets paid where there is no further action.2 Offences under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regulations 110 (1), 110 (2) and 110(3). Introduced 1 December 2003.3 Includes Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria police force areas.| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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|Area |2004|2005|2006 |20075| 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|England |350 |992 |1,225|9,653| 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|North East region |23 |24 |84 |438 | 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|Cleveland police force area |1 |5 |9 |86 | 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|1 Statute: Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 - R.110(1), R.110(2) and R.110(3). Introduced 1 December 2003.Offence description:R.110(1) use of a hand held mobile phone while driving;R.110(2) causing or permitting the use of a mobile phone while driving a motor vehicleR.110(3) using a mobile phone while supervising the holder of a provisional driving licence to drive a motor vehicle on the road.2 Includes Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria police force areas.3 The figures given relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.4 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.5 Tough new penalties for using a hand-held mobile phone while driving and for failing to have proper control of a vehicle came into effect on 27 February 2007.Source:Office for Criminal Justice Reform - Evidence and Analysis Unit.| | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------