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Written question asked by Mark Hunter (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 4 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 December 2008. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 December 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Driving Offences: Insurance

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of motorcycles which were being driven on the road without insurance in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.
Answer

There are no figures available for the number of motorcycles driven without insurance. Our latest estimate for uninsured driving is that in 2005 there were about 2.1 million licensed vehicles being driven uninsured (about 6.5 per cent. of the UK vehicle fleet). Information is not held by vehicle type.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
485 c33W; 241653
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Insurance Road traffic offences
Link
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