§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what indications he has received that the police will be devoting extra resources into drink-driving enforcement during his forthcoming campaign in May and June;
(2) what steps he has taken to publicise the forthcoming drink-driving campaign; and what notification he has given to the police.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyMinisters' intention to focus attention to the problems of drinking and driving during the spring and early summer phase of the annual road safety publicity campaign was announced publicly in a parliamentary answer on 14 November 1985 to the hon. Member for Leicester, East (Mr. Bruinvels) at column 267, and again at the press launch of the Government's 1985 drinking and driving campaign where it was welcomed by a senior police representative.
Ministers had further discussions with senior police representatives in February this year on the new campaign and associated matters including the police's continuing allocation of resources to enforcement of drinking and driving laws as part of their attention to a year-round road safety problem. The Department has continued to discuss the campaign with police representatives and others with a statutory role in road safety publicity and education.