Sarah Coombes MP: written questions
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Written questions
Road Traffic Offences: ConvictionsDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers with three or more driving-related convictions retained their driving licence in each of the last five years.
Answer: A scan of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s driving licence database is required to provide the information requested. DVLA officials will write to the Honourable Member with this information when it is available.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: ConvictionsDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the correlation between drivers (a) who fail to produce (i) a driving licence, (ii) an MOT certificate and (iii) insurance certificate and (b) convicted of (A) dangerous dr
Answer: My department has not made a specific assessment of this type. Nonetheless the Government is committed to improving road safety, with a new Road Safety Strategy under development which will include a broad range of policies. More details will be set out i...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Driving: ConvictionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of drivers convicted of (a) dangerous driving and (b) careless driving offences in the last five years were repeat offenders.
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. The...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the DVLA on reducing the number of vehicles with no registered keeper on the roads.
Answer: There are long-standing and robust measures, including legislative requirements, in place to ensure that keepers notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) when they buy and sell a vehicle. It is already an offence to use a vehicle that does no...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of vehicles that have no registered keeper.
Answer: There are long-standing and robust measures, including legislative requirements, in place to ensure that keepers notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) when they buy and sell a vehicle. It is already an offence to use a vehicle that does no...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWood-burning Stoves: Carbon EmissionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential impact of the Future Homes Standard on air pollution emissions f
Answer: The Future Homes Standard (FHS) will require new-build homes to use heat pumps or other low-carbon technologies as their primary heating source, ensuring that almost all the home’s heating needs will be met with low-emission systems. This shift away from ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the Automatic Number Plate Recognition network is able to identify (a) false and (b) cloned number plates.
Answer: ANPR is a valuable tool to help the police tackle crime and keep the road safe. We keep the effectiveness of police and law enforcement use of ANPR under regular review, to ensure it remains a robust tool for identifying vehicles of interest to the police...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFraudTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67583More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the Financial Conduct Authority in balancing its confidentiality obligations with the need to provide transparency and effective communication to in
Answer: The government meets regularly with the FCA to discuss a range of topics. The government is content that the legislative framework, set by parliament, which gives the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) powers to supervise the financial services sector and ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFraudTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67582More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority' on it's ability to act evidence of (a) malpractice and (b) criminality.
Answer: The government meets regularly with the FCA to discuss a range of topics. The government is content that the legislative framework, set by parliament, which gives the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) powers to supervise the financial services sector and ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: CompensationTreasuryTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67581More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority's powers to seek redress for the victims of financial fraud.
Answer: The Government takes the issue of fraud very seriously and is dedicated to protecting the public from this devastating crime. In October 2024, the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) introduced a mandatory reimbursement regime for authorised push payment (APP...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FinesHome OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of non-compliant number plates on levels revenue to traffic enforcement forces.
Answer: The Home Office has not made an assessment of the potential impact of non-compliant number plates on the levels of revenue to traffic enforcement forces.The Government is working closely with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and the National...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
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