Fixed Penalty Notices issued for mobile phone use while driving from 2017 to 2022

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.025816

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. Please provide anonymised data for the year 2021 (or until the most recent date possible) of all Fixed Penalty Notices issued for mobile phone use while driving.

2. How does this compare to the anonymised data for the years 2017 - 2020?

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full in the table below.

Row Labels	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Grand Total
Supervise whilst using mobile phone	25	29	17	20	34	15	140
Use mobile phone whilst driving	15458	8208	4511	3934	4651	4178	40940
Grand Total	15483	8237	4528	3954	4685	4193	41080

Please note that ‘supervise whilst using a mobile phone’ is when a driving instructor is using a mobile phone device on the road whilst with a ‘learned driver’ on a public road, and ‘Use mobile phone whilst driving’ is using a mobile phone whilst driving on a public road.