For the purposes of applying for most types of employment, and for things like insurance, the following applies:
If you ONLY received a ban (and not a fine or imprisonment), the conviction becomes spent as soon as the ban does.
If you received a ban AND a fine, the conviction becomes spent after 5 years. (That assumes that the ban was for no more than 5 years).
If you received a ban AND a prison sentence, the conviction becomes spent after 7 years (for sentences of up to 6 months) or 10 years (for a longer sentence, of up to 2½ years).
When applying for the types of employment which are exempted from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (such as working with or alongside children or vulnerable adults, or in jobs connected with the administration of justice) convictions are never regarded as spent and must always be declared.
http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/rehabact.htm
The conviction can't be removed from your licence for 11 years:
http://www.direct.gov...fications/DG_10022425
Chris