Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the introduction of alternative penalties to fines for drivers using mobile telephones.
The Government increased the fixed penalty notice for using a hand held phone when driving from 3 to 6 points and £100 to £200 from 1 March 2017.
We do not plan any further measures until we have evaluated the effectiveness of these new penalties.