Question follow-through · 17693
Driving under Influence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on reducing deaths and serious injuries caused by drink-driving.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Driving Licences: Disqualification · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on reducing deaths and serious injuries caused by drink-driving.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government is committed to reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads. The latest available statistics show that, in 2023, there was a central estimate of 260 fatalities and around 1,860 people killed or seriously injured ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Driving Licences: Disqualification
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has withdrawn driving licences after receiving notification that the licence holder was medically unfit to drive in the last 5 years.