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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.