HC Deb 23 January 1986 vol 90 c302W
Mr. Robert Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on his objectives for Christmas drink and drive campaigns; and if he will print a table showing the change in the number of accidents achieved during the 1983 and 1984 campaigns, and the best available statistical estimates of the outcome of the 1985 campaign.

Mr. Ridley

The purpose of the Department's publicity campaigns has been to draw the attention of the public to the law on drinking and driving.

Information on casualties and breath tests and positive results during the period of the 1983 and 1984 campaigns is contained in the review section of "Road Accidents Great Britain" for those years, copies of which are in the Library. It is too early to make any statistical assessment of the 1985 campaign.