View from the UK Parliament
As the profile of the issues surrounding foreign registered vehicles rises, politicians across the spectrum are beginning to recognise the economic and societal consequences arising from growing numbers of foreign vehicle owners ignoring UK driving and parking rules.
Questions have been tabled by politicians across the political spectrum. They reflect concerns that the Government is not yet working proactively to resolve the data sharing and legal issues between the UK and other EU member states that prevent enforcement of penalty notices against foreign registered vehicles.
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) how many miles UK and foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes travelled on UK (a) motorways and (b) trunk roads in the last 12 months for which figures are available; [306643]
(2) how many miles UK and foreign-... 16 December 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the annual movement of freight by road in billion tonne miles was in each year since 1997. [306966] 16 December 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many accidents involving (a) UK-registered and (b) non-UK registered heavy goods vehicles were recorded on UK roads in each of the last 10 years. [302814] 02 December 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of miles heavy goods vehicles over 12 tonnes registered in (a) the UK and (b) overseas travelled on roads in the UK in each year since 1997. [302813]
02 December 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Tom Brake: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road traffic accidents in the UK involved
(1) drivers with driving licences from each other EU member state in 2008; [299063]
(2) a foreign driver who did not hold a driving licence issued in the UK or another EU member st... 09 November 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many personal injury collisions involved (a) left and (b) right hand drive heavy goods vehicles in each year since 1997; and in how many in each category vehicle blind spot was found to be a contributory factor. [295008] 28 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many drivers' hours offences were detected in respect of (a) UK-registered and (b) overseas registered drivers in each year since 1997. [295009] 28 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many vehicles identified by (a) mobile and (b) static speed cameras as driving in excess of the speed limit were not pursued for prosecution purposes because the licence plates indicated that they were not UK-registered in the ... 26 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what his policy is in respect of the (a) identification by (i) mobile and (ii) static speed cameras and (b) prosecution of motorists driving vehicles in excess of the speed limit where the vehicles in question are non-UK registered... 26 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con): A worrying proportion of fatalities, accidents and near-misses involving HGVs on the M1 and A14 in Northamptonshire is down to foreign lorry drivers and foreign lorries. When will the Government take that issue extremely seriously? 23 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what his most recent estimate is of the number of heavy goods vehicles registered overseas which used roads in the UK in 2008. [294809] 23 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what his most recent estimate is of the number of unsafe heavy goods vehicles on UK roads which are registered overseas; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce this number. [293859] 19 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Sir John Stanley: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport in how many accidents resulting in serious injury foreign-registered left-hand drive heavy goods vehicles were involved in 2008. [290778] 09 September 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Robert Goodwill (Shadow Minister, Transport; Scarborough & Whitby, Conservative) To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the distance travelled on (a) Highways Agency roads and (b) other roads by foreign-registered light vehicles in the last 12 months.... 30 June 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to his answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, column 959W, on motor vehicles: foreigners, what steps his Department takes to enforce compliance with the requirement to re-register foreign-registered cars after six... 22 June 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mrs Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many and what proportion of vehicles registered in each of the last 10 years were vehicles previously registered abroad. [280374] 17 June 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mrs Villiers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of foreign-registered (a) heavy goods vehicles, (b) vans, (c) cars and (d) motorcycles using UK roads in each of the last five years. [279600] 17 June 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mark Lancaster (Shadow Minister, International Development): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what mechanism his Department uses to establish whether a foreign-registered car has been driven in the UK for a period of longer than six months. [278412] 11 June 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mark Lancaster (Shadow Minister, International Development): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many formerly foreign-registered cars were registered in the UK in each of the last three years. [278413] 11 June 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mark Lancaster (Shadow Minister, International Development): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of foreign-registered cars using UK roads which did not re-register within six months in the latest period for which information is available. [... 11 June 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mark Lancaster (Shadow Minister, International Development): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many foreign-registered cars entered the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [278361] 11 June 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Chris Grayling (Shadow Home Secretary, Home Affairs); To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles carrying (a) gas, (b) oil, (c) liquified petroleum gas and (d) petroleum have entered the UK in each of the last 12 months; and what checks the... 12 May 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of vehicles from EU accession states on the road in the UK which have no tax or motor insurance; what steps he is taking to ensure that such vehicles are on the road legally; and if he will make a sta... 24 April 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Roberts of Llandudno: To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 4 February (WA 134-35) and in the light of the proportion of heavy goods vehicles prohibited by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency which are from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Irel... 24 February 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of (a) serious and (b) fatal road accidents involved (i) foreign and (ii) UK road hauliers in the latest period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [247088]19 January 2009 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many foreign vehicles arrived in the UK each (a) day, (b) week and (c) month of the last two years. [247432]19 January 2009 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the maximum charge is per day for a foreign haulage vehicle to enter the UK. [247431]19 January 2009 [view answer] [Hansard] Local government traffic regulation debate moved by Lord Lucas to call attention to the practice of local authorities in setting parking and traffic regimes, in levying penalties for vilations and in the enforcement of those penalties. [4.11pm] 15 January 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) accidents, (b) injuries and (c) deaths have been caused by foreign drivers in the UK in each of the last 10 years. [237928]24 November 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Lord Bradshaw asked Her Majesty's Government:
What progress has been made in ensuring foreign-registered vehicles contribute to the costs of maintaining highway services in the United Kingdom. [HL5818]04 November 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many foreign-registered motor vehicles are estimated to be in the United Kingdom. [229124]03 November 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Alistair Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many foreign-registered motor vehicles which had been in the UK for more than six months were registered and licensed in the United Kingdom in the period (a) January to June 2008, (b) July to December 2007 and (c) January to June 2007. [... 29 October 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Fallon: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department takes to recover vehicle excise duty payments outstanding from the registered keepers of vehicles who do not have an address in the UK; how much was spent on such recovery in the last year for which figures are availab... 27 October 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr Andrew Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will examine the introduction of a system of registration for foreign registered vehicles brought to Great Britain to prevent avoidance of (a) parking and (b) traffic offence fines; and if she will make a statement. [213979]05 August 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what percentage of reported motorway traffic incidents involved a heavy goods vehicle with left hand drive in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007; and what percentage of those incidents were attributed to poor visibility or blind sp... 21 July 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has had with her European colleagues on the possibility of penalty points given to foreign drivers by UK authorities being recognised in other European countries. [220544]21 July 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in how many serious injury accidents left-hand drive heavy goods vehicles were involved in each of the last three years. [218466] 17 July 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Stephen Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers in England are using a foreign licence. [217606]16 July 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what mechanisms exist to enable the recovery of (a) parking and (b) traffic fines incurred in respect of foreign registered vehicles from the owners or registered keepers of the vehicles; and if she will make a statement. [213980]02 July 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will hold discussions with European Union partners on the introduction of common enforcement measures for unpaid (a) parking and (b) traffic fines incurred in respect of vehicles registered in another member state; and if she will make... 02 July 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will reduce the period within which a vehicle registered overseas and brought to Great Britain must be registered with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. [213947]30 June 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving foreign-registered lorries there were in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. [213940]30 June 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many parking tickets were issued by each local authority in respect of foreign registered vehicles in the last 12 months; how many were paid; and if she will make a statement; [213977]
(2) how much local authorities have failed to col... 25 June 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Pope: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in what circumstances the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is permitted to reveal the details which it holds on individual citizens to third parties unrelated to the Department of Transport. [213012]24 June 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Scott: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many foreign-registered (a) cars, (b) vans and (c) heavy goods vehicles have been found unroadworthy after entering the UK in each of the last three years; [210732]
(2) how many foreign (a) cars, (b) vans and (c) heavy goods vehi... 17 June 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which operators of heavy goods vehicles registered outside the UK were issued with prohibition notices by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency for (a) mechanical defects, (b) drivers' hours offences and (c) overloading in (i) 2004-05,... 17 June 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many heavy goods vehicles entered the UK from the EU in each of the last three years; and what taxes were imposed per lorry in road tax and other charges. [209892]11 June 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving (a) British and (b) foreign-registered lorries on roads in the UK resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) injuries in each year since 1997.28 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Lord Corbett of Castle Vale (Labour)
My Lords, can my noble friend assure me that the safety checks on foreign lorries entering the United Kingdom are at least as strict as those for lorries which are domiciled here?22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat)
My Lords, is there any procedure whereby foreign drivers, especially those from the now expanded European Union, are enabled to be aware of our traffic regulations and to read our road signs—in England and in Wales, which also has its problems?22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Earl Ferrers (Conservative)
My Lords, will the noble Lord address his mind to the question asked by my noble friend Lord Pearson? The Minister rather mobbed him up for asking a Eurosceptic question. I think that my noble friend asked whether it is true that our lorries will have to have different ... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Lea of Crondall (Labour)
My Lords, is my noble friend aware that there are enormous numbers of fraudulent plates on UK-registered vehicles and that there is no central collection of police information? Anecdotally, it is suggested that the figure is around 20 per cent. It might be useful to h... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Trimble (Conservative)
My Lords, could the Minister turn his attention to the United Kingdom's only land frontier, where the issue of vehicles travelling across the border is particularly significant in terms of numbers? The Minister may be aware that some years ago there was a proposal to pr... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Pearson of Rannoch (UKIP)
My Lords, can the noble Lord confirm that a new offence is to be added to the list of offences that he read out in the shape of a ban on our ordinary headlights and an insistence on the extremely nasty, glaring headlights used on the Continent? Is the noble Lord awar... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat)
My Lords, the Minister has frequently answered questions from me about foreign lorries and consistent breaches, particularly of the drivers' hours regulations, which are gross and very dangerous. When will the regulations come into force so that these people can be ... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Conservative)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that helpful reply. Is he aware of the problem—particularly in London, which has a large number of foreign-registered vehicles—of the unreadability of number plates by the automatic number plate recognition sys... 22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Baroness Gardner of Parkes (Conservative)
In view of the European Commission's proposal for cross-border enforcement of traffic offences of European Union-registered cars, what action they propose to deal with cars registered in other countries.22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Baroness Finlay of Llandaff (Crossbench)
My Lords, how many fatal and serious accidents occur annually due to non-UK-registered vehicles of all types?22 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Dr. Ladyman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what powers she plans to provide to the police to enable the enforcement of parking penalties imposed on foreign lorry drivers. [197781]01 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Dr Ladyman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what powers she plans to provide to the police to enable the enforcement of parking penalties imposed on foreign lorry drivers. [197781]01 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Greg Knight (East Yorkshire, Conservative) To ask the Secretary of State for Transport
(1) how she plans to enforce the proposed pay as you go use of certain carriageways on motorways by (a) UK drivers and (b) those driving foreign registered vehicles; and if she will make a statement;
(2)... 18 March 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Stewart Jackson MP (Con, Peterborough): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effect on the revenue to local authorities of the non-payment of parking fines in respect of vehicles where their legal keepers by virtue of their registration are (a) non-EEA ... 14 March 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Stewart Jackson (Peterborough, Conservative) To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effect on the revenue to local authorities of the non-payment of parking fines in respect of vehicles where their legal keepers by virtue of their registration are (a) non-EEA... 14 March 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr Gordon Prentice (Lab, Pendle) : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what checks are carried out on organisations which have made written requests to obtain information from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database. [187701]12 March 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr Gordon Prentice (Lab, Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport who has access to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database. [179889]11 March 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Philip Davies MP (Con, Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will bring forward proposals for a scheme to charge foreign registered lorries for their use of the UK's road network. [190984]04 March 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr Gordon Prentice MP (Lab, Pendle): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many parking enforcement companies received personal information from the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority database after requesting a hard copy of this information in the latest 12 months for which figures are av... 20 February 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Roberts of Llandudno asked Her Majesty's Government:
What proposals they have on the use of British highways free of charge by lorries registered overseas. [HL1879]19 February 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many
(a) deaths there have been and
(b) serious injuries have been sustained
in accidents involving a vehicle registered in another EU country in each year since 2000, broken down by country; and in how many cases in each year ... 23 November 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport
(1) what percentage of passenger vehicles in England and Wales are estimated to be foreign registered; [160101]
(2) what estimate she has made of the number of foreign registered passenger vehicles not registered in the UK by migrant w... 29 October 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Goodwill: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research she has
(a) commissioned and
(b) evaluated
on the compliance rate of the drivers of foreign registered passenger vehicles with civil and criminal legislation and regulation in England and Wales. [160107]23 October 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of all collisions involving large goods vehicles involved foreign-registered vehicles in the latest period for which figures are available. [158360]15 October 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many foreign vehicles were inspected at the roadside in
(a) 2005-06 and
(b) 2006-07
how many were served with an immediate prohibition; how many of these prohibitions related to drivers’ hours; what the countries of orig... 17 September 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Taylor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what mechanism is in place to levy road tax on vehicles used in the UK but registered in other EU member states. [151248]23 July 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many
(a) deaths there have been and
(b) serious injuries have been sustained
in accidents involving a vehicle registered in another EU country in each year since 2000, broken down by country; and in how many cases in each year the Eu... 12 July 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2007, Official Report, column 971W, on driving offences, how many vehicles are represented by the 2.5 per cent. of cases in which it is not possible to trace a vehicle from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing A... 19 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Sheikh asked Her Majesty's Government:
What measures are being taken to charge individuals who use stolen or false car registration plates to avoid paying congestion charges, parking fines and other traffic penalties. 19 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Chris Grayling: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many motoring offences were committed by overseas registered vehicles in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of fines levied in relation to such offences remain outstanding.19 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he has taken to tackle drivers avoiding prosecution through being untraceable to an address. [141300] 12 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Dr. Stephen Ladyman): I have today launched a consultation exercise explaining how we intend to introduce new measures to deal with hauliers who flout the rules of the road. In future they face being fined and having their vehicles immobilised irrespe... 07 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what impact he expects EC Directive 2004/52 on the interoperability of electronic toll collection systems to have on the (a) choice and (b) implementation of local authority road pricing systems; [141493] 07 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Paterson: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) UK licence holders and (b) foreign licence holders were (i) prosecuted, (ii) convicted, (iii) banned from driving and (iv) imprisoned for offences relating to (A) fatal road traffic accidents, (B) serious road traffic accid... 05 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much revenue he estimates local authority road pricing schemes will be unable to collect because vehicles using the scheme are unregistered; and what measures are expected to be taken to ensure that revenue is collected from the drive... 05 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the technical standards for the European Electronic Tolling Service have been agreed. [140183]05 June 2007 [view answer] Mr. Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) driver and (b) vehicle information held on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database that is inaccurate. [139972] 05 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether failure to pay road user charges to local authority road pricing schemes is planned to be made a criminal offence. [139830]
05 June 2007 [view answer]Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the proportion of the projected growth in vehicle use up to 2025 which is attributable to population growth. [139549]04 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what procedures are in place for recovering penalties imposed for road traffic offences committed in Northern Ireland by drivers whose vehicles are registered (a) in other parts of the United Kingdom and (b) in other European countries;... 04 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what proportion of (a) fatal, (b) serious and (c) minor road traffic accidents involved a foreign-registered car in each year since 1997. [139609] 24 May 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many unregistered vehicles his Department estimates there are in the UK. [134712]08 May 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the level of compliance of foreign lorries with UK and EU safety regulations. [134716]08 May 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many illegally operating foreign lorries in the UK were impounded in each year since 2002. [134718]08 May 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Andrew Selous: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what response he has made to the report by Steve Langdon on the misregistration of vehicles; and if he will make a statement. [125866]03 May 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on the (a) gross and (b) net income from congestion charging in London. [134204] 27 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many prosecutions were brought against the keepers of foreign registered vehicles for failing to re-register their vehicle details with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency after six months in each of the last five years.26 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 27 March 2007, Official Report, column 1381W, on motor vehicles: registration, what steps are being taken to ensure that foreign registered vehicles used in the UK for more than six months in any 12 months are being r... 24 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what account his Department has taken of the enforcement of civil traffic penalties against foreign registered vehicles in (a) plans for a national road user charging scheme and (b) the forthcoming Road Transport Bill
(2) what account has b... 24 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many keepers of foreign registered vehicles re-registered their vehicle details with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each of the last 10 years. [132946]23 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the cost of traffic penalty evasion by foreign registered vehicles in the UK. [132941] 23 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether any foreign registered vehicles have been stopped and made to pay an immediate deposit for a traffic penalty since the passage of the Road Safety Act 2006. [132943] 23 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government plan to take to improve enforcement of traffic penalties against the owners of foreign registered vehicles; and if he will make a statement. [132945] 23 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Brady: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department’s policy is on the proposed transposition of the Treaty of Prüm into EU law; and if he will make a statement. [123501]19 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Lord Bradshaw asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to allow data relating to vehicle ownership to be exchanged between European registration authorities with a view to enforcing fines and penalties imposed on foreign-registered vehicles. 18 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to collate information on the number of foreign vehicles involved in road traffic accidents in the UK. [132052] 18 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of vehicles registered in the Republic of Ireland which used roads in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years.16 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department has undertaken into the enforcement of civil traffic penalties against foreign registered vehicles in the UK. 16 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions his Department has had with the European Commission on cross border traffic penalty enforcement; and what agreements have been reached. 29 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how his Department monitors the registration and taxing of vehicles in their home non-EU or EEA countries when the vehicles have been in the United Kingdom for more than 12 months. [129072]29 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate (a) the number of cars registered in a non-EU or non-EEA country being used on the roads in the United Kingdom and (b) the number of such vehicles which have been so used for more than 12 months. [129073]27 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many foreign registered vehicles entered the UK in each of the last 15 years, broken down by port of entry. [129261]27 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many road traffic offences were recorded in Northern Ireland for drivers whose vehicles were registered in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) the Republic of Ireland and (e) other European countries in each of the last six ye... 27 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons estimates of the number of foreign registered vehicles on UK roads are not available, as referred to in the answer of 9 January 2006, Official Report, column 28W, on vehicle registration. [129293]26 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he expects the road pricing or congestion charging pilots funded by the Transport Innovation Fund (a) to involve the use of CCTV and (b) to be integrated with the Police’s National Auto Number Plate Recognition Data Centre. [124340... 20 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to centralise data collected by CCTV at the national Auto Number Plate Recognition Data Centre; and how much he has allocated to facilitate the integration of this data. [125643] 15 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the London congestion charge cameras are connected to the National Automated Number Plate Recognition database. [125640] 15 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport at what point after entering the UK vehicles being driven in the UK but registered abroad are required to have vehicle excise duty paid on their behalf. [125970]15 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his latest estimate is of the timetable for the introduction of a national road user pricing scheme. [122803] 13 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Mackay: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if she will make a statement on plans to increase data sharing across Government. [125521] 08 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Heald: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2007, Official Report, column 1456W, on tolls, whether a (a) privacy impact assessment and (b) regulatory impact assessment has been produced on the implementation of EU Directive 2004/52/EC. [129869] 07 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Andrew Selous: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster If she will make a statement on plans to increase data sharing across Government. [125525] 07 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which division of his Department is leading engagement with EU authorities to establish a cross-border data sharing process for criminal and administrative matters. 07 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Bradshaw asked Her Majesty’s Government: What progress they have made in respect of vehicles and drivers from outside the United Kingdom paying to use United Kingdom roads and being brought to justice for offences committed in the United Kingdom. 05 March 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions his Department (a) has had and (b) plans to have with EU partners on the implementation of the Prüm Treaty. [110808]01 February 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many non-UK driving licence holders received driving endorsements in the UK in each of the last five years. [107360]06 December 2006 [view answer] Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with his counterparts in EU member states on exchanging information on (a) non UK driving licence holders who have received driving endorsements whilst driving in the UK and (b) UK driving licence holders who com... 06 December 2006 [view answer]Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for a national computer database of persistent parking offenders; and if he will make a statement. [104077] 04 December 2006 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of new powers given to police in dealing with owners of foreign vehicles committing traffic offences in the UK. [105825] 04 December 2006 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward proposals (a) to charge foreign hauliers for the use of UK roads an amount equivalent to the domestic vehicle duties paid by UK hauliers and (b) to pre-register foreign hauliers entering the UK. [106378] 04 December 2006 [view answer] [Hansard]Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much and what percentage of total unpaid parking fines in Northern Ireland attributable to foreign registered vehicles relate to vehicles registered in the Republic of Ireland.29 November 2006 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Ian Austin: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the distance-based charging system for foreign hauliers. [104571] 29 November 2006 [view answer]Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many endorsements were issued by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to holders of foreign driving licences in each year from 2000 to 2006, broken down by the country of origin of the licence holder. [94918] 20 October 2006 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers of heavy goods vehicles from overseas have (a) committed and (b) been prosecuted for traffic offences on British roads in each of the last three years. [86121] 24 July 2006 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving heavy goods vehicles were reported to the police in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many involved foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles. [81080] 29 June 2006 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the amount of fines and charges unpaid by the owners of foreign registered vehicles in the UK in each of the last five years. [80827] 28 June 2006 [view answer] [Hansard]Lord Dykes asked Her Majesty's Government:
What steps they will take to ensure that parking and bus lane fines issued to motorists with foreign-registered vehicles are paid. [HL1912] 03 November 2005 [view answer] |
Facts & Figures- Over 3 million foreign registered vehicles (FRVs)enter the UK each year
- At any one time 142,000 FRVs are in the UK - 90% are cars, 8% are HGVs, 1% are coaches
- At any one time 3% of all vehicles driving on London's roads are FRVs; 47% are cars, 43% are HGVs, 7% are coaches
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