Sarah Coombes MP: written questions
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Written questions
Vehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people with criminal convictions are on the register of number plate suppliers.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with manufacturers on helping to ensure that (a) disabled people and (b) people with accessibility needs are served adequately by automated vehicles.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly engage with the self-driving vehicle industry to understand opportunities and emerging best practice in respect of accessibility. For example, Waymo, a leading autonomous ride-hailing company and a member of the Departmen...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure occupant safety in automated vehicles.
Answer: The Automated Passenger Services permitting scheme consultation sought views from respondents on what sort of information could be published by permit holders in respect of the safeguarding of passengers. The consultation closed at the end of the Septembe...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current legislation in ensuring that there is sufficient (a) liability and (b) responsibility in the case of a collision caused by an automated vehicle.
Answer: The framework in place today, established by the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, provides a process for Secretary of State to list vehicles as "automated" and sets out that if a listed vehicle causes an accident while driving itself, l...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: Data ProtectionDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that data being transmitted by UK automated vehicles to manufacturers is not stored offshore.
Answer: Effective and secure storage of data produced by self-driving vehicles is vital for their deployment. Ahead of full implementation of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 in the second half of 2027, the Department for Transport will be seeking further informat...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of automated vehicles on road safety.
Answer: With 88% of road traffic collisions currently involving human error as a contributory factor, self-driving vehicles offer an opportunity to make our roads safer for the people who rely on them.Government will publish a Statement of Safety Principles – sub...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that data from electric vehicles is provided to the authorities in the event of a road traffic crash.
Answer: Event Data Recorders (EDRs) are systems which store information related to vehicle dynamics and other parameters in the moments around a collision. These enable effective crash investigations and analysis of safety equipment performance. Where appropriate...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of drivers failed to notify the DVLA of a change of vehicle keeper or ownership in the preceeding five years.
Answer: The latest available data shows that of the 52,898,866 vehicles on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s vehicle database, 49,270,958 are contactable and traceable based on the information held on the DVLA’s records. Of the remainder it is esti...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were penalised for driving a vehicle with no registered keeper in the last five years.
Answer: While the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) maintains a register of vehicles and their keepers, on road enforcement of the law rests primarily with the police.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of vehicles involved in road traffic crashes within the last five years had no registered keeper.
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Department.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 74032 on Motor vehicles: registration, how many vehicles account for the remaining 7 per cent of vehicles identified that are neither contactable or tracea
Answer: The latest available data shows that of the 52,898,866 vehicles on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s vehicle database, 49,270,958 are contactable and traceable based on the information held on the DVLA’s records. Of the remainder it is esti...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of people waiting to be tried in court for motoring offences had their driving licence revoked while waiting for court proceedings to begin in the latest period for which data is av
Answer: The Department for Transport does not hold this information.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how may and what proportion of people awaiting trial for a motoring offence in court commit further driving offences.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold information on the number or proportion of those awaiting trial for a motoring offence who go onto commit a further offence whilst waiting.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of people who were waiting to be tried in court for motoring offences had their driving licence revoked while waiting for court proceedings to begin in the latest period for which d
Answer: The Department for Transport does not hold this information.The Government treats road safety seriously and is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. The Road Safety Strategy is under development and will include a bro...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers successfully claimed exceptional hardship when they reached 12 penalty points and continued to drive in the last five years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s role in the driving licence endorsement and disqualification process is to update and maintain the driver record with information provided by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service. The DVLA does not dis...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency revoked the driving licence of a driver who reached 12 points on their driving licence in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s role in the driving licence endorsement and disqualification process is to update and maintain the driver record with information provided by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service. The DVLA does not dis...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers have applied to reduce their driving disqualification period in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those applications were successful.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s role in the driving licence endorsement and disqualification process is to update and maintain the driver record with information provided by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service. The DVLA does not dis...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Driving Licences and Motor InsuranceMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of offenders convicted of (a) dangerous driving, (b) driving under the influence and (c) causing serious (i) injury and (ii) death by (A) careless and (B) dangerous driving have also previously fa
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions for a wide range of offences, including dangerous driving, driving under the influence, and causing serious injury or death by careless and dangerous driving in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, tha...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Driving: DeathMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of drivers accused of death by dangerous driving have pleaded exceptional hardship.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions for a wide range of offences, including causing death by dangerous driving in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Crimina...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the proportion of DVLA keeper records that are (a) missing and (b) falsified.
Answer: The latest available data shows that more than 93 per cent of vehicle keepers are contactable and traceable based on the information held on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) records. Of the remainder, around six per cent of vehicles are in...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Driving: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of drivers convicted of death by dangerous driving were (a) repeat death by dangerous driving offenders, (b) repeat death by careless driving offenders and (c) repeat dangerous drivin
Answer: The information requested is provided in the tables attached.Safety on our roads is an absolute priority for this Government. That is why the Department for Transport is committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy – the first in over a decade. They...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Driving: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer given to Question 74060 on Dangerous Driving: Convictions, how many and what percentage of offenders convicted of dangerous driving in each of the last five years had previously been convic
Answer: The information requested is provided in the tables attached.Safety on our roads is an absolute priority for this Government. That is why the Department for Transport is committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy – the first in over a decade. They...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisqualificationMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of drivers who have repeatedly committed driving offences have received a lifetime driving ban.
Answer: Data on convictions and lifetime bans for driving offences is published as part of Ministry of Justice data obtained in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice St...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Driving: DeathMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people convicted of death by dangerous driving did not pass the compulsory extended re-test in the last 12 months; and of these drivers, how many received a lifetime driving ban.
Answer: Data on convictions and disqualifications (including lifetime bans) for death by dangerous driving offences is published in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justic...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisqualificationMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people convicted of death by dangerous driving were given a lifetime driving ban in the last 12 months.
Answer: Data on convictions and disqualifications (including lifetime bans) for death by dangerous driving offences is published in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justic...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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