Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer given to Question 74060 on Dangerous Driving: Convictions, how many and what percentage of offenders convicted of dangerous driving in each of the last five years had previously been convicted of dangerous driving offences (a) on one occasion and (b) on more than one occasion.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

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. They will set out the next steps on this in due course.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of drivers convicted of death by dangerous driving were (a) repeat death by dangerous driving offenders, (b) repeat death by careless driving offenders and (c) repeat dangerous driving offenders in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jake Richards - Assistant Whip

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. They will set out the next steps on this in due course.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of drivers who have repeatedly committed driving offences have received a lifetime driving ban.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Data on convictions and lifetime bans for driving offences is published as part of Ministry of Justice data obtained in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics. The data can be filtered on the offence and the period of driving disqualification using the sentencing outcomes tab.

The Ministry of Justice does not centrally hold information on numbers of offenders who have repeatedly committed driving offences and received a lifetime ban.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people convicted of death by dangerous driving did not pass the compulsory extended re-test in the last 12 months; and of these drivers, how many received a lifetime driving ban.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Data on convictions and disqualifications (including lifetime bans) for death by dangerous driving offences is published in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics. The data can be filtered on the offence and the period of driving disqualification using the sentencing outcomes tab.

The Ministry of Justice does not centrally hold information on individuals required to take an extended re-test following a conviction of death by dangerous driving.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people convicted of death by dangerous driving were given a lifetime driving ban in the last 12 months.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Data on convictions and disqualifications (including lifetime bans) for death by dangerous driving offences is published in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics. The data can be filtered on the offence and the period of driving disqualification using the sentencing outcomes tab.

The Ministry of Justice does not centrally hold information on individuals required to take an extended re-test following a conviction of death by dangerous driving.