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<p>Information on sentencing and convictions from 2005-2014 for driving whilst disqualified
can be viewed on the Ministry of Justice website and it is available at the following
link:-</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014"
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a></p><p>
</p><p>Select and open ‘Motoring data tool: with criminal justice area’.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the numbers of offenders sentenced to immediate
custody for driving whilst disqualified and the numbers sentenced to immediate custody
for the same offence 2005-2014 in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="4"><p><strong><em>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> sentenced to immediate
custody for driving whilst disqualified by the number of previous immediate custody
received for the same offence in England and Wales, 2005 to 2014</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Number
of offenders<sup>1 </sup></em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em>Previous
immediate custody received<sup>2</sup></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em>
</em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2005</em></p></td><td><p><em>
9,925 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 5,012 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2006</em></p></td><td><p><em>
7,543 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 3,839 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2007</em></p></td><td><p><em>
5,754 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 2,820 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2008</em></p></td><td><p><em>
4,705 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 2,109 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2009</em></p></td><td><p><em>
3,724 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 1,590 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p><em>
2,652 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 1,134 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p><em>
2,309 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 944 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p><em>
2,030 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 807 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p><em>
1,847 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 696 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p><em>
1,654 </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> 638 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>
</em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Source:</em></strong></p></td><td><p><em>
</em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Ministry
of Justice, Police National Computer (PNC)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em>
</em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>1.
Figures are based on counting the number of occasions an offender was sentenced to
immediate custody for driving whilst disqualified in each year. An offender can appear
more than once in the totals for each year if the offender was convicted on multiple
occasions in a given year.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>2. Number
of previous immediate custody are counts of the number of separate occasions an offender
has previously received an immediate custodial sentence and is calculated from the
point of their latest conviction over the period. </em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>3.
All data have been taken from the MoJ extract of the Police National Computer. This
includes details of all convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings given for recordable
offences (see <a title="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1139/schedule/made"
href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1139/schedule/made" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1139/schedule/made</a>
for definition).</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>4. These figures have
been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording
system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and are subject
to revision in future editions.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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