Driving under Influence: Drugs
Commons · Question 24449 · 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, what discussions her Department has had with the National Police Chief Councils on the effectiveness of powers to arrest people suspected of driving under the influence of drugs.
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...