§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) if he will make a statement on the number of reported incidents there were of drink driving in the last 12 months, broken down by region; [101916]
(2) what recent assessment he has made of the increased incidence of drink driving over recent Christmas and new year holiday periods. [101917]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeI have been asked to reply.
Statistics of screening breath tests and the number positive or refused are published annually in "British Test Statistics, England and Wales", a Home Office Statistical Bulletin. The 1998 edition, Issue 16/99, was published on 9 September 1999, and contains figures for each police force area. Figures for each month of the year are also shown, December being the nearest to the Christmas and the new year period in the statistics held centrally. (The Association of Chief Police Officers has continued to monitor this period, but in recent years only in terms of tests given after collisions).
Figures for 1999 are not yet available.
A copy of the bulletin referred to is in the Library.