As the Deputy will be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the table below provides the information requested.
Please note that the total number of convictions previously provided in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 8 July 2015 has changed. The most recent report run on the Criminal Court Case Tracking System takes account of factors such as convictions which may have been appealed, reversed, set aside etc. since the report was first run in response to the earlier question.
Report on the number of convictions for offences before the court for driving while using a mobile phone and the number of Driver Numbers recorded for 2013, 2014 and January – March 2015.
Table A: Refers to the no of offences convicted of holding a mobile phone
Table B: Refers to Driver Numbers recorded in table A
Note: Report is for unique offences
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TABLE A
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TABLE B
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Year
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No. of offences convicted of holding a mobile phone
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No. of Driver Numbers recorded
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JAN – DEC 2013
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1608
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947
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JAN – DEC 2014
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2349
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1379
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JAN – MAR 2015
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588
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352
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