HC Deb 26 October 1967 vol 751 cc525-6W
Mr. Berry

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers in the Metropolitan area were made to take the breathalyser test during the first two weeks after the introduction of the Road Safety Act; how many of these were found to be within the safety limit; and whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the grounds on which these drivers were stopped by the police.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

Roadside breath tests were required of 616 persons, 397 of whom appeared from the test not to have a proportion of alcohol in the blood exceeding the prescribed limit. Information on the last part of the Question is not available.