§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases to date have been brought by the police for breathalyser tests; and what was the number of actual prosecutions, the number of cases dismissed or not proceeded with, the number of appeals made against sentence, the cost involved in these appeals, and the number of appeals upheld.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganProvisional figures indicate that, in England and Wales between 9th October, 1967, and 31st December, 1968, the police required breath tests under Section 2(1) and (2) of the Road Safety Act, 1967, on 61,361 occasions, and that, between 1st October, 1967 and 30th September, 1968, prosecutions were instituted in respect of 18,118 offences under Sections 1, 2 and 3 of the 1967 Act and Section 6 of the Road Traffic Act, 1960. Charges were withdrawn or dismissed in regard to 926 of those cases.
I regret that the other information is not available.