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Question follow-through · 116788

Driving under Influence: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the annual cost to police forces of (a) administering roadside drug-impairment tests and (b) drug-driving testing; what steps she is taking to reduce the per-test

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
5 Mar 2026
Answer
5 Mar 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the annual cost to police forces of (a) administering roadside drug-impairment tests and (b) drug-driving testing; what steps she is taking to reduce the per-test

  2. 5 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Government’s Road Safety Strategy, launched in January 2026, includes a consultation on a range of motoring offences including the drink and drug driving testing framework. The government will continue to support the police to ensure they have the too...

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