Question to the Department for Transport:

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.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

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.

Question to the Department for Transport:

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 traceable by the DVLA.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

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 estimated that around 2,889,000 vehicles are in the motor trade where a vehicle can legitimately have no registered keeper.

Information on the number of people who did not notify the DVLA of a change of keeper is not available.

Question to the Department for Transport:

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.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The information requested is not held by the Department.

Question to the Department for Transport:

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.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

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 estimated that around 2,889,000 vehicles are in the motor trade where a vehicle can legitimately have no registered keeper.

Information on the number of people who did not notify the DVLA of a change of keeper is not available.

Question to the Department for Transport:

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.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

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, this data can be made available to relevant authorities through their investigatory powers, which is a matter for the Home Office. Many vehicles, not just electric vehicles, are fitted with Event Data Recorders (EDRs) due to requirements in other markets. The Government is exploring options for updates to our national type approval legislation to mandate fitment of EDRs along with other safety technologies and vehicle design features in Great Britain.

<p>I'd like to ask for two statements, one from the Cabinet Secretary for Education about how Welsh Government is supporting schools in Wales with funding for new buildings and facilities. Yesterday I went to the official opening of Dosbarth Enfys, the new special resource base at Llanishen Fach Primary School in my constituency of Cardiff North.&nbsp;This absolutely wonderful new facility at the school means that 40 children with additional learning needs will have access to first-class specialist education, championed by the head of Llanishen Fach primary, Mrs Sarah Coombes. And this building has been jointly funded by Cardiff Council and the Welsh Government, with £4.4 million of investment—a perfect example of what the Welsh Government is doing to work for children with additional learning needs.</p>
<p>Could I also ask for a statement from the Government about Wales’s breastfeeding strategy? I’ve been contacted by some of my constituents, expressing concern about what they see as the lack of progress in this field, and a great deal of concern about the take-up of breastfeeding, which is very unequal, and, in more deprived areas, the rate is so much lower than in other areas. So, I think it’s very important that we do put more emphasis now on breastfeeding, and wondered if we could have a statement about the Government’s strategy.</p>