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Driving under Influence: Drugs

Commons · Question 24448 · Tabled 16 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 24 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Ruth Cadbury

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.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 24 Jan 2025

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...