Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many motorists have been penalised for using a handheld mobile telephone while driving since 1 March 2017.

The Home Office does not hold information for the time period requested.

The Home Office publishes data on the number of fixed penalty notice (FPNs) issued for ‘use of a handheld mobile phone while driving’ in the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical publication.

The latest available data covers the calendar year 2015, and can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/561976/fixed-penalty-notices-police-powers-procedures-hosb1516-tables.ods

Data for the calendar year 2016 will be published in autumn 2017.