Linked Data API

Show Search Form

Search Results

919245
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-06-07more like thismore than 2018-06-07
answering body
Department for Transport more like this
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport remove filter
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading Motor Vehicles: Theft remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2018 to Question 140558 on motor vehicles: theft, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandatory insurance cover for the cost of recovering stolen vehicles from the police. more like this
tabling member constituency Birmingham, Selly Oak more like this
tabling member printed
Steve McCabe more like this
uin 151047 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-06-15more like thismore than 2018-06-15
answer text <p>In the UK and many other countries the minimum insurance requirement for using a motor vehicle is third party liability cover. This ensures injured parties are financially protected in the event of a collision whilst helping keep the cost of insurance affordable for all motorists. Many motorists however choose to take out more comprehensive cover, which depending on the terms of the policy, may include cover for the cost of recovering their vehicle if it is stolen. If such comprehensive cover were to become mandatory this would likely increase the cost of insurance for motorists. For this reason the Government has no plans to make such cover mandatory.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire more like this
answering member printed Jesse Norman more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-06-15T12:58:27.75Zmore like thismore than 2018-06-15T12:58:27.75Z
answering member
3991
label Biography information for Jesse Norman more like this
tabling member
298
label Biography information for Steve McCabe more like this