Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on holders of provisional licences to ride AM category mopeds by (a) age and (b) country of birth of holder.
There are currently 9,809,729 individuals with entitlement to drive mopeds (Categories AM and P). The table below shows the data broken down by age group.
Age | Total |
16-20 | 1,676,083 |
21-30 | 2,727,290 |
31-40 | 2,094,385 |
41-50 | 1,554,664 |
51-60 | 1,127,531 |
61-70 | 607,358 |
71-80 | 19,772 |
81-90 | 2,528 |
91-100 | 115 |
101+ | 3 |
Grand Total | 9,809,729 |
It is not compulsory to provide country of birth when applying for a driving licence so a full breakdown of provisional licence holders with moped entitlement by country of birth is not available.