Police: Driving Licences
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue national guidance to police to provide a receipt or paperwork to confirm that a person has produced their driving documents when requested.
Answered by Sarah Jones
Under section 164 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 a police officer has the power to require the production of a driving licence and under section 165 of the same Act the power to obtain names and addresses of drivers and others, and to require the production of MOT and insurance certificates.
It is for individual police forces and their chief officers to determine how they handle document production and whether to provide any form of receipt or confirmation.
The Home Office has no plans to issue national guidance to police to confirm that a driver has produced their driving documents in line with road traffic legislation.
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