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Driving Under Influence: Drugs

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 26 March 2026UIN 121403

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 116788, if she will make an assessment of the annual cost to police forces of (a) administering roadside drug-impairment tests and (b) drug-driving t

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office has not made an assessment on the costs to police forces for administering roadside drug-impartment tests under section 4 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and drug driving testing under section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

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