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Driving under Influence

Asked by Cat SmithLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 9 June 2025UIN 54854

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the use of alcohol-interlocks on vehicles of people convicted of drink driving.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

In 2021, the Government commissioned PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety) to publish a report on alcohol interlocks.

www.pacts,org.uk/locking-out-the-drink-driver-using-alcohol-interlocks-to-reduce-drink-driving-in-the-uk/

Government keeps motoring offences under review, including those for drink driving.

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