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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. [296449]


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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.


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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.

Table A: Fixed penalty notices issued( 1) for the offence of use of hand held mobile phone while driving( 2) by police force area, England and Wales, 2003-07
Number of offences
Police force area 2003( 2) 2004 2005 2006 2007

England

1,888

70,494

122,748

158,605

115,406

North East Region(3)

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.

Table B: The number of persons fined at all courts for offences of using a hand held mobile phone while driving( 1) , in England, the North East Government Office Region( 2) and Cleveland police force area, from 2004 to 2007( 3,4)
Area 2004 2005 2006 2007( 5)

England

350

992

1,225

9,653

North East region

23

24

84

438

Cleveland police force area

1

5

9

86

(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 vehicle
R.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.

Driving Under Influence: Cycling

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs while in charge of a bicycle in each police authority area in England and Wales in each of the last five years. [296445]

Mr. Alan Campbell: Information showing the number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for the offences "Pedal cyclist driving under the influence of drink or drugs" under section 30 of the 1988 Road Traffic Act and "Being drunk in charge of a carriage (a bicycle is a carriage within the meaning of this Act), horse, cattle or steam engine" under section 12 of the 1872 Licensing Act, in England and Wales from 2003 to 2007 (latest available) can be viewed in the following tables. Data for 2008 are planned for publication at the end of January 2010.

The information requested on arrests is not collected centrally. The arrests collection held by the Home Office covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level, covering categories such as violence against the person and robbery. The alcohol related offences presented in the table are not notifiable offences and do not form part of the arrests collection.

The Ministry of Justice do not centrally collect charging data; proceeded against information has been provided in lieu.


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Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts under the offences "Pedal cyclist driving under the influence of drink or drugs"( 1) (section 30 of the 1988 Road Traffic Act) and "Being drunk while in charge on any highway or other public place of any carriage( 2) , horse, cattle or steam Engine" (section 12 of the 1872 Licensing Act), in England and Wales, broken down by force( 3) , 2003 to 2007( 4, 5)
Pedal cyclist driving under the influence of drink or drugs( 1)
Proceeded against Found guilty

 Force 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

13713

Avon and Somerset

1

2

3

3

-

1

2

3

3

-

Bedfordshire

-

2

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

Cambridgeshire

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

City of London

1

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

1

-

Cleveland

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

Cumbria

1

1

2

1

-

1

1

2

1

-

Derbyshire

1

2

1

1

2

1

2

1

-

1

Devon and Cornwall

2

-

-

1

1

2

-

-

1

1

Dorset

1

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

1

-

Durham

1

-

1

2

-

1

-

1

1

-

Essex

-

2

1

3

-

-

2

-

3

-

Greater Manchester

7

2

1

-

2

6

2

1

-

1

Hampshire

4

3

2

3

1

3

2

2

2

1

Hertfordshire

1

2

8

1

1

1

2

8

1

1

Humberside

3

-

1

1

2

1

-

1

1

2

Kent

2

-

-

2

-

1

-

-

2

-

Lancashire

-

2

1

1

1

-

2

1

1

-

Leicestershire

1

-

1

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

Lincolnshire

-

-

-

1

2

-

-

-

1

1

Merseyside

-

2

1

2

4

-

2

1

2

4

Metropolitan Police

4

4

3

5

2

4

3

1

4

2

Norfolk

-

1

1

1

-

-

-

1

1

-

North Yorkshire

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

Northumbria

7

6

7

6

4

6

4

5

5

4

Nottinghamshire

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

South Yorkshire

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

Staffordshire

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

2

-

Suffolk

2

1

-

-

2

2

1

-

-

1

Surrey

2

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

Sussex

1

1

2

2

-

1

1

2

2

-

Thames Valley

1

-

1

-

1

1

-

1

-

-

Warwickshire

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

2

-

West Mercia

1

3

2

3

3

1

3

2

3

3

West Midlands

1

1

3

2

7

1

1

3

1

5

West Yorkshire

-

1

1

1

1

-

1

-

1

-

Wiltshire

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

-

Dyfed-Powys

-

3

3

3

1

-

3

3

2

1

Gwent

1

-

3

-

-

1

-

2

-

-

North Wales

3

-

-

2

-

3

-

-

-

-

South Wales

4

2

-

-

1

1

2

-

-

1

England and Wales

55

45

51

55

40

43

40

44

46

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