Question follow-through · 18368

Driving Under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was between (a) a roadside drug test, (b) the taking of an evidential sample, (c) receipt of toxicology results and (d) the first court hearing for drug driving cases in the latest period

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 13 Jul 2026
Target answer date: 16 Jul 2026
Answer: 16 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was between (a) a roadside drug test, (b) the taking of an evidential sample, (c) receipt of toxicology results and (d) the first court hearing for drug driving cases in the latest period
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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16 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Department does not hold data on the average time between each of the stages specified. Operational information relating to roadside testing, evidential samples and forensic toxicology is held by the police and forensic service providers, while court ...

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