Tom Blenkinsop – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Blenkinsop on 2015-11-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the ability of young drivers to gain insurance cover of the recent increase in the insurance premium tax.

Andrew Jones

My officials have not made an assessment. There are a number of behavioural, educational and technological interventions that have the potential to help improve young driver safety and hence have an impact on insurance premiums. We need better evidence about what works best, so we’re working with insurance companies to see how we can assess the impact of telematics products, amongst other things, on young driver safety.