§ 29. Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what, for the period between August, 1971, and 1st October, 1971, was the number of British citizens resident in the Parliamentary constituency of West Ham, North, and the London Borough of Newham who were charged with and prosecuted for the offence of drunken 162W driving, and with what results; and in how many cases after the process of law had commenced the trial was not proceeded with, and for what reasons.
§ Mr. SharplesThis information is not available.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons appeared at Marlborough Street Magistrates' Court on 31st August, 1971, charged with driving a car while unfit through drink and failing to give breath and laboratory specimens; and what was the result of these prosecutions in each stated case.
§ Mr. SharplesTwo appeared for having a blood-alcohol concentration above the prescribed limit. Both were convicted, fined, ordered to pay costs and disqualified from driving. There was no case involving failure to provide a specimen.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what, for the longest and most convenient stated period of time, is the number of cases where persons who have been charged with driving a car while unfit through drink and failing to give breath and laboratory specimens have had the case withdrawn by the Metropolitan Police after refusing to re-appear on expiration of the bail period, so far as the Marlborough Street Court is concerned and the Metropolitan Police area of magistrates' courts are concerned, respectively.
§ Mr. SharplesNone at Marlborough Street between 1st January and 19th October, 1971. One such case was withdrawn on application by the Director of Public Prosecutions.