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Driving under Influence

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 21 November 2025UIN 92254

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85831 on Public Houses, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the drink drive micrograms levels in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Government is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. We are considering a range of policies under the new Road Safety Strategy, the first for ten years. This includes the case for changing the motoring offences, such as drink driving. We intend to publish this by the end of the year.

The power to set the drink drive limit in Northern Ireland is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive.

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