Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 36455

Driving: Disqualification

Tabled: 7 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025

Question

James Wild

ConservativeNorth West Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending legislation so that driving disqualification periods commence at the end of any custodial sentence imposed.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
Courts can impose a driving disqualification for any offence committed after 01 January 1998.Driving bans generally start from the day they are imposed at sentencing. This is because, if the offender’s ban was set to commence at the usual point of release...

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