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Identity Cards
Mr. Heald:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the timetable is for introducing (a) identity cards and (b) biometric identity cards. [96406]
Joan Ryan:
The Government plan to introduce biometric residence permits for foreign nationals from 2008. Identity cards incorporating biometric data for British citizens will be issued from 2009.
Laser Speed Meter
Mr. Paterson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will submit the LTI20.20 laser speed meter for independent testing. [95953]
Mr. McNulty:
The LTI 20.20 has been through the usual testing by an independent test house against specifications set and published by the Home Office scientific development branch. We have no plans for further independent testing.
Mr. Paterson:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for speeding have been brought as a result of readings from (a) the LTI20.20 laser speed meter and (b) other laser speed meters in each year since 1995. [95985]
Mr. McNulty:
Information held centrally on prosecutions for speeding offences detected by camera does not distinguish between the different types of camera used.
Motoring Offences
Mr. Ruffley:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers were prosecuted for driving without insurance in each police authority area in each year since 1997. [95450]
Mr. McNulty:
Available information taken from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, for the offence of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks, from 1997-2004 (latest available) is provided in the following table.
2005 data will be available early in 2007.
Proceedings at magistrates courts for the offence of using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks( 1) , England and Wales 1997-2004 |
Number of offences |
Police force area | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003( 2) | 2004 |
Avon and Somerset
|
15,354
|
16,892
|
15,098
|
14,609
|
13,022
|
15,124
|
17,163
|
17,489
|
Bedfordshire
|
4,724
|
4,449
|
3,479
|
3,594
|
4,651
|
4,731
|
5,041
|
4,534
|
Cambridgeshire
|
3,440
|
3,425
|
3,058
|
2,929
|
2,508
|
2,875
|
3,301
|
3,120
|
Cheshire
|
4,838
|
4,961
|
5,463
|
5,729
|
4,975
|
5,765
|
6,385
|
6,515
|
Cleveland
|
3,925
|
4,204
|
4,331
|
4,793
|
4,789
|
5,994
|
5,575
|
6,597
|
Cumbria
|
4,223
|
3,787
|
3,597
|
3,507
|
3,595
|
3,540
|
3,488
|
3,446
|
Derbyshire
|
5,565
|
5,137
|
5,120
|
5,318
|
5,429
|
5,614
|
5,793
|
6,326
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
8,422
|
7,232
|
7,493
|
9,234
|
8,648
|
9,598
|
9,676
|
8,943
|
Dorset
|
5,271
|
4,198
|
4,776
|
6,035
|
5,262
|
6,176
|
7,034
|
6,075
|
Durham
|
3,992
|
4,261
|
5,899
|
5,470
|
5,394
|
5,840
|
5,802
|
5,300
|
Essex
|
7,161
|
7,025
|
7,336
|
7,898
|
7,708
|
7,811
|
7,489
|
7,132
|
Gloucestershire
|
3,577
|
4,465
|
4,443
|
4,174
|
4,683
|
4,417
|
4,412
|
3,695
|
Greater Manchester
|
30,655
|
30,836
|
33,228
|
33,783
|
37,088
|
36,337
|
38,208
|
34,942
|
Hampshire
|
11,768
|
11,557
|
11,553
|
10,559
|
10,349
|
10,912
|
10,619
|
9,750
|
Hertfordshire
|
4,580
|
5,799
|
4,748
|
5,258
|
5,816
|
6,612
|
7,216
|
7,463
|
Humberside
|
4,408
|
4,279
|
4,894
|
5,024
|
4,730
|
4,464
|
5,509
|
5,170
|
Kent
|
6,935
|
6,958
|
6,151
|
9,033
|
9,592
|
10,059
|
9,788
|
10,673
|
Lancashire
|
20,334
|
18,794
|
18,111
|
18,354
|
16,280
|
17,555
|
21,229
|
16,065
|
Leicestershire
|
9,706
|
9,481
|
11,054
|
10,263
|
10,475
|
10,699
|
11,304
|
10,833
|
Lincolnshire
|
4,589
|
5,000
|
5,345
|
4,500
|
4,083
|
4,242
|
5,883
|
6,621
|
London, City of
|
2,671
|
3,127
|
2,521
|
1,738
|
1,826
|
2,353
|
2,563
|
2,812
|
Merseyside
|
10,896
|
9,747
|
8,932
|
10,054
|
9,467
|
10,360
|
12,776
|
13,023
|
Metropolitan Police
|
42,283
|
35,064
|
31,285
|
29,649
|
32,032
|
36,485
|
43,100
|
47,806
|
Norfolk
|
3,932
|
3,434
|
3,468
|
3,951
|
4,744
|
5,563
|
6,322
|
5,084
|
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Northamptonshire
|
4,999
|
4,849
|
5,571
|
3,949
|
2,028
|
1,211
|
4,157
|
5,804
|
Northumbria
|
12,470
|
11,837
|
13,296
|
13,195
|
12,504
|
12,309
|
12,951
|
11,685
|
North Yorkshire
|
3,926
|
3,744
|
4,003
|
3,905
|
3,545
|
3,340
|
3,774
|
4,065
|
Nottinghamshire
|
8,078
|
8,726
|
7,957
|
7,748
|
7,856
|
7,460
|
9,224
|
9,224
|
South Yorkshire
|
11,228
|
11,553
|
11,763
|
12,690
|
14,623
|
13,859
|
13,745
|
11,416
|
Staffordshire
|
8,180
|
8,210
|
8,021
|
8,777
|
6,027
|
7,056
|
7,214
|
7,439
|
Suffolk
|
3,258
|
3,743
|
4,189
|
3,923
|
4,123
|
4,759
|
5,808
|
5,718
|
Surrey
|
4,942
|
3,908
|
4,436
|
4,941
|
5,101
|
5,554
|
4,657
|
3,927
|
Sussex
|
9,333
|
8,202
|
7,415
|
6,796
|
6,814
|
6,413
|
5,808
|
4,371
|
Thames Valley
|
11,887
|
11,948
|
13,543
|
12,816
|
11,728
|
12,842
|
14,516
|
12,920
|
Warwickshire
|
4,316
|
3,769
|
3,523
|
4,135
|
4,204
|
3,711
|
3,756
|
4,160
|
West Mercia
|
7,082
|
8,207
|
7,450
|
7,686
|
7,787
|
7,849
|
7,735
|
7,249
|
West Midlands
|
29,878
|
30,928
|
27,409
|
28,148
|
27,010
|
32,339
|
36,409
|
39,696
|
West Yorkshire
|
23,980
|
23,549
|
25,776
|
26,529
|
27,618
|
24,873
|
26,966
|
32,404
|
Wiltshire
|
3,463
|
4,820
|
4,708
|
4,901
|
5,292
|
5,326
|
4,794
|
4,641
|
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Dyfed-Powys
|
3,079
|
2,852
|
3,017
|
3,072
|
2,953
|
3,316
|
3,094
|
2,244
|
Gwent
|
4,097
|
4,478
|
4,451
|
4,680
|
4,758
|
4,508
|
4,083
|
3,474
|
North Wales
|
4,859
|
4,452
|
4,102
|
3,697
|
3,376
|
4,048
|
5,968
|
6,022
|
South Wales
|
14,829
|
16,187
|
15,406
|
14,615
|
13,805
|
16,499
|
16,932
|
15,946
|
England and Wales
|
397,133
|
390,074
|
387,419
|
391,659
|
388,298
|
410,398
|
447,267
|
441,819
|
(1) An offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 143 (2). (2) As from 1 June 2003, driving a motor vehicle while uninsured against third party risks became a fixed penalty offence. Note: 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 limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
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