Written questions

Driving under Influence: Sentencing

Commons · Question 92534 · Tabled 19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 27 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of utilising alcohol interlock technology as part of judicial sentencing criteria.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 27 Nov 2025

We believe that the courts should have the flexibility they need to sentence offenders appropriately and, as part of a community or suspended sentence the courts have a range of robust powers to punish and rehabilitate offenders and protect the public. Th...