Question follow-through · 36455

Driving: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending legislation so that driving disqualification periods commence at the end of any custodial sentence imposed.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
7 Mar 2025
Target answer date
11 Mar 2025
Answer
13 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending legislation so that driving disqualification periods commence at the end of any custodial sentence imposed.

  2. 11 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Courts can impose a driving disqualification for any offence committed after 01 January 1998.Driving bans generally start from the day they are imposed at sentencing. This is because, if the offender’s ban was set to commence at the usual point of release...

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