Richard Burden – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Burden on 2015-11-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars the DVLA clamped in each month of each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Andrew Jones
Andrew Jones
The table below shows the information requested.
|
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
|
January |
9,023 |
8,370 |
5,131 |
5,197 |
5,696 |
8,890 |
|
February |
10,892 |
10,550 |
4,947 |
5,391 |
5,115 |
8,741 |
|
March |
12,722 |
9,517 |
5,356 |
5,450 |
5,333 |
8,630 |
|
April |
8,978 |
8,911 |
4,636 |
5,802 |
5,214 |
8,228 |
|
May |
8,887 |
8,265 |
5,065 |
5,450 |
5,549 |
8,511 |
|
June |
8,790 |
8,217 |
4,339 |
4,968 |
5,530 |
9,957 |
|
July |
8,970 |
7,365 |
5,257 |
4,238 |
5,634 |
10,554 |
|
August |
8,883 |
7,947 |
4,644 |
2,079 |
5,384 |
8,050 |
|
September |
8,562 |
7,472 |
4,525 |
3,918 |
5,530 |
9,444 |
|
October |
9,435 |
5,533 |
4,275 |
4,576 |
5,806 |
9,778 |
|
November |
9,873 |
2,828 |
4,349 |
4,791 |
5,756 |
|
|
December |
7,587 |
4,507 |
1,870 |
4,283 |
6,740 |
|
|
Total |
112,602 |
89,482 |
54,394 |
56,143 |
67,287 |
90,783 |
By way of context, the equivalent total figure for 2009 is 123,695 cars.
These vehicles would have been clamped by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s national wheelclamping contractors or by local authorities and police forces with devolved powers to clamp and impound unlicensed vehicles.
