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The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not hold this data broken down by parliamentary constituency. Figures are not held specifically for England and Wales. The table below shows the total amount of prosecutions for the offence of keeping or using an unlicensed vehicle in England, Scotland and Wales in each of the last five years.<\/p>
Year<\/p> <\/p><\/td> | Total number of prosecutions<\/p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2009/10<\/p> <\/p><\/td> | 64,408<\/p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2010/11<\/p> <\/p><\/td> | 53,648<\/p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2011/12<\/p> <\/p><\/td> | 44,159<\/p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2012/13<\/p> <\/p><\/td> | 29,035<\/p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
2013/14<\/p> <\/p><\/td> | 25,044<\/p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p> The DVLA operates a comprehensive package of measures to tackle vehicle excise duty evasion. These range from reminder letters and penalties through to court prosecutions and the wheelclamping and/or removal of unlicensed vehicles. These measures have helped to improve compliance and the latest estimates show that vehicle excise duty evasion is at a historic low of just 0.6%.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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