FOI 362-2025 / Mar 2025 / Driving offences
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 362-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 25th March 2025, and clarification received on 28th March 2025, as follows:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information relating to the offence of driving without proper control of the vehicle (commonly associated with offence code CD10).
Please provide data for the last three calendar years: 2022, 2023 and 2024, with a monthly breakdown where possible.
Specifically, I would like to request the following:
Q1. The total number of cautions issued under the CD10 offence, broken down by month and year.
Q2. The total number of fixed penalties issued under the CD10 offence, broken down by month and year.
Q3. The total number of prosecutions initiated under the CD10 offence, broken down by month and year.
Q4. A full list or breakdown of all offences recorded under CD10 during this period.
Q5. Where available, any accompanying officer notes, incident descriptors, or free-text fields associated with CD10 offences.
Q6. If possible, please indicate whether any of the CD10 offences were related to driving with pets in the vehicle (e.g. where the presence or behaviour of a pet may have contributed to the lack of control). This could include any relevant details recorded in officer notes or free-text fields.
Q7. Please indicate the number of fines issued under the CD10 offence during each period and where held, the total revenue generated from these fines, broken down by each month of each calendar year.
Clarification:
Further to my recent Freedom of Information request regarding the offence code CD10 – driving without due care and attention, I would like to provide the following clarifications to assist with processing:
Offence Scope
Please note that I am requesting information specifically and solely related to the CD10 offence code, which refers to driving without due care and attention.
Fixed Penalty Notices / Conditional Offers (Q2). If your force does not issue Fixed Penalty Notices but instead issues conditional offers (comprising a fine and points on the licence), please confirm this within your response and include these figures under Q2.
Prosecutions Initiated (Q3). For Q3, I am seeking data on individuals who were referred for court prosecution under CD10, regardless of whether a conviction followed. If available, please also include a breakdown showing how many of those referrals resulted in conviction.
If only one of these figures is held, please provide what is available and indicate what the figure represents.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below.
Response: Please be advised that not all of the requested information is held in a readily retrievable format. CD10 - driving without due care and attention covers a multitude of offences, for example, neglecting pedestrian rights, failing to comply with traffic directions, not being in proper control of the vehicle etc. In order to provide a response to Q4, Q5 and Q6 of your request it would be necessary to review the detail and circumstances of each and every record on an individual basis. This would involve scrutinising over 1500 records and such searches would be above the amount to which we are legally required to respond ie, the work involved in locating, retrieving and recording the information requested far exceeds the cost threshold (£450), which equates to 18 hours work at a standard rate of £25 per hour, as stated in the Freedom of Information (Fees and Appropriate Limit) Regulations 2004.
In accordance s12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, this letter acts as a Refusal Notice for this request.
In accordance with Section 16 of the Act I have a duty to provide advice and assistance by suggesting ways to revise your request where possible. On this basis I can advise that were you to remove Q4, Q5 and Q6 then we may be able to provide information for the remainder of your request as follows:
Q1. The total number of cautions issued under the CD10 offence, broken down by month and year.
However, in the event that you resubmit your request, please can you confirm what you are referring to when you ask for cautions – are you referring to warning letters issued via Op Snap?
Q2. The total number of fixed penalties issued under the CD10 offence, broken down by month and year.
Q3. The total number of prosecutions initiated under the CD10 offence, broken down by month and year.
With regard to Q2 & Q3 please also note that a retraining course (What’s Driving Us) can be offered as well as the option of points and a fine and, if neither of these is undertaken, then the offence can enter the Court process.
I can also advise that, with regard to Q7, any fines paid go direct to The Treasury and not to the force.
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB