Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to review the road traffic sentencing framework.

The Government has, in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill,proposed that the maximum penalty for causing death by disqualified driving should rise from 2 years to 10 years' imprisonment. We are also creating a new offence of causing serious injury by disqualified driving which will have a 4 year maximum penalty.

When the Government put forward these proposals to deal with the harm caused by disqualified drivers we also recognised that there were a number of other issues around bad driving which were of concern to many people. That is why the Government has announced a review of driving offences and penalties which will be carried out over the coming months.