Asked by: Viscount Goschen (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the level of crime involving the use of motorcycles.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
Reports of crimes involving motorcycles, mopeds and scooters are clearly a concern. The Government has been determined to ensure that everything was being done to support police efforts to tackle this threat. That is why we brought the police, industry, local government, civil society groups and others together to see what more could be done to prevent offending and keep the public safe.
This work sits alongside the Government’s consultation on police pursuits, which seeks to give police greater confidence to pursue suspects and will help tackle these crimes. The consultation closed on 13 August and we will set out the next steps shortly.
Asked by: Viscount Goschen (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many instances of motorcycle theft have been reported in each of the past three financial years; and how many successful prosecutions have been brought over the same period.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Shadow Chief Whip (Lords)
The Home Office does not hold the requested information centrally.
Statistics on theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle, which will include motorcycles, are regularly published by the Office for National Statistics. This can be found in Table A4 of the latest Crime in England and Wales publication.
Information on prosecutions is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice. They have informed us that they do not hold the requested data.