Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on application of the careful or competent driver standard to specialist police drivers.

The police have the power under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to seize any vehicle, including an off-road vehicle, used in a careless and inconsiderate manner or in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public. The Home Office does not collect or hold information on the number of seized vehicles.

The rules and guidance to the police on the recording of all crimes involving vehicles are set out in the National Crime Recording Standard and Home Office Counting Rules.

Home Office Ministers and officials have regular discussions on a wide range of topics with those representing the interests of police officers, including those representing specialist police drivers.