Cabotage: Fines
(asked on 11th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines have been (a) issued and (b) paid for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules in each of the last five years for which data is available.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency issues fines, known as ‘fixed penalties’, for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules.
The number of fixed penalties issued for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules in each of the last five years is:
Year | Number of fines (fixed penalties) issued |
2012 | 235 |
2013 | 281 |
2014 | 299 |
2015 | 517 |
2016 | 313 |
A cabotage offence is against the operator of a vehicle, not the driver, and can only be issued to non-GB operators.
The number of fixed penalties paid for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules in each of the last five years is:
Year | Number of fines (fixed penalties) paid |
2012 | 154 |
2013 | 125 |
2014 | 151 |
2015 | 273 |
2016 | 162 |