Question follow-through · 50604

Driving Licences and Motor insurance: Fines

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of issuing fines to drivers who do not hold (a) a valid driving license and (b) vehicle insurance on revenues to the Exchequer.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of issuing fines to drivers who do not hold (a) a valid driving license and (b) vehicle insurance on revenues to the Exchequer.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    Revenue generated from fines for motoring offences is retained by Departments or directed into the Consolidated Fund. The consolidated fund is administered by HM Treasury and is used to support general expenditure on public services such as policing, heal...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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