Question follow-through · 24448

Driving under Influence: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests there were for driving under the influence of drugs in each year since 2018.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
16 Jan 2025
Target answer date
20 Jan 2025
Answer
24 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests there were for driving under the influence of drugs in each year since 2018.

  2. 20 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Ministers and officials meet with representatives of the NPCC on a regular basis and discuss a wide range of topics.The police have the power under section 10 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to arrest and detain an individual if they have provided a specimen...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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