Question follow-through · 34516

Driving under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review offences in the Road Traffic Act 1988 relating to driving under the influence of drinks or drugs.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
3 Mar 2025
Answer
5 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review offences in the Road Traffic Act 1988 relating to driving under the influence of drinks or drugs.

  2. 3 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Government takes road safety seriously, and we are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. My Department has begun work on a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade, and will share more details in due c...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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