HC Deb 17 December 1986 vol 107 cc557-8W
Mr. Best

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what response he has had from chief constables to the Government's Christmas drink-drive campaign;

(2) if he will call for reports from chief constables about what extra police manpower will be devoted to Her Majesty's Government's drink-drive campaign this Christmas for each of the different police authority districts.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The Association of Chief Police Officers has welcomed the theme of the Department of Transport's Christmas publicity campaign against drinking and driving. Decisions on the deployment of resources are a matter for individual chief officers of police, and the information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, but the police service is committed to enforcing the law on drinking and driving all the year round.