Andrew Stunell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in each police authority area were disqualified from driving as a result of drink-driving offences in each of the last 10 years. [304690]
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Claire Ward:
The number of disqualifications imposed at all courts for offences of driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs in England and Wales, by police force area, from 1998 to 2007 (latest available), is given in the following table.
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Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
The number of disqualifications imposed at all courts for offences of driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, England and Wales, from 1998 to 2007( 1,2)
Number of offences
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Avon and Somerset
2,430
2,596
2,360
2,099
2,298
2,577
2,599
2,328
2,286
2,397
Bedfordshire
993
820
756
857
899
1,013
1,016
987
1,073
994
Cambridgeshire
972
869
721
742
782
879
1,042
1,164
1,221
1,201
Cheshire
1,790
1,698
1,555
1,429
1,853
1,784
1,906
1,432
1,732
1,708
Cleveland
825
758
729
824
831
897
956
884
954
879
Cumbria
762
809
739
703
718
781
845
804
816
801
Derbyshire
1,421
1,367
1,309
1,264
1,365
1,508
1,748
1,540
1,424
1,358
Devon and Cornwall
2,136
2,160
2,118
2,281
2,347
2,570
2,440
2,210
2,248
2,154
Dorset
1,097
1,059
1,045
1,063
1,121
1,201
1,198
1,089
1,111
1,134
Durham
956
1,098
1,061
1,029
1,075
1,101
1,179
1,096
951
988
Essex
2,241
2,331
2,265
2,273
2,346
2,400
2,657
2,429
2,569
2,433
Gloucestershire
911
818
728
813
852
834
870
790
777
683
Greater Manchester
4,323
4,416
4,431
4,329
4,387
4,444
4,471
4,410
4,369
4,282
Hampshire
3,358
3,487
3,294
3,297
3,654
3,513
3,584
2,892
2,767
2,855
Hertfordshire
1,570
1,584
1,491
1,600
1,810
1,799
1,776
1,756
1,791
1,710
Humberside
1,249
1,239
1,277
1,184
1,314
1,356
1,512
1,505
1,450
1,004
Kent
2,361
2,436
2,395
2,424
2,582
1,456
2,825
2,552
2,646
2,650
Lancashire
2,774
2,798
2,441
2,174
2,465
2,516
2,570
2,571
2,646
2,632
Leicestershire
1,384
1,506
1,435
1,437
1,556
1,618
1,602
1,496
1,385
1,373
Lincolnshire
919
885
775
836
810
1,064
1,160
1,096
1,180
1,186
London, City of
285
228
150
156
209
223
164
177
152
178
Merseyside
2,225
1,981
1,945
2,001
2,105
2,475
2,529
2,612
2,444
2,190
Metropolitan police district
12,958
11,633
11,048
10,607
12,140
11,910
12,351
12,134
12,307
11,510
Norfolk
1,001
947
872
1,065
1,179
1,216
1,178
1,217
1,261
1,186
Northamptonshire
725
836
730
375
212
757
878
720
948
834
Northumbria
2,241
2,243
2,408
2,297
2,373
2,527
2,491
2,267
2,361
2,275
North Yorkshire
1,120
1,050
1,021
1,015
1,071
1,139
1,054
1,184
1,176
1,126
Nottinghamshire
1,677
1,697
1,620
1,504
1,324
1,562
1,568
1,518
1,612
1,448
South Yorkshire
1,878
1,803
1,974
1,905
1,819
1,950
2,100
2,103
1,917
1,916
Staffordshire
1,844
1,592
1,777
1,431
1,592
1,633
1,629
1,618
1,567
1,605
Suffolk
955
1,002
828
854
1,022
1,099
1,191
991
1,053
958
Surrey
1,279
1,362
1,487
1,549
1,564
1,403
1,435
1,446
1,366
1,488
Sussex(3)
1,998
2,119
2,014
2,250
2,224
2,343
(3)2,412
2,298
2,381
2,389
Thames Valley
3,707
3,527
3,348
3,137
4,147
3,752
3,405
3,356
3,292
3,216
Warwickshire
739
816
747
846
799
890
826
793
858
929
West Mercia
1,681
1,632
1,530
1,610
1,623
1,686
1,697
1,810
1,876
1,781
West Midlands
5,155
4,388
4,257
4,475
4,628
4,864
5,230
5,359
5,252
5,204
West Yorkshire
3,370
3,307
3,143
2,987
3,276
3,449
3,626
3,574
3,284
3,102
Wiltshire
1,022
930
873
966
938
950
949
899
958
746
Dyfed Powys
931
874
777
811
856
920
919
866
867
850
Gwent
1,088
983
1,084
1,051
983
1,055
1,108
993
1,081
990
North Wales
1,211
1,147
1,242
1,153
1,165
1,253
1,265
1,262
1,247
1,233
South Wales
2,629
2,286
2,485
2,574
2,573
2,646
2,666
2,639
2,534
2,431
England and Wales
86,191
83,117
80,285
79,277
84,887
87,013
90,627
86,867
87,190
84,007
(1)It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings, in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. (2)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 use. (3)Figures given are not as originally published within the Home Office Statistical Bulletin "Motoring Offences and Breath Test Statistics, England & Wales, 2004", which was released on 30 March 2006. The figures originally released in the above named publication were, due to a processing error, incorrect. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice.
