§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases, where a guilty or proven verdict of drunken driving has been reached in each of the years since 1975 for(a) England and Wales and (b) Scotland, have involved (i) death and (ii) serious injury.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation on findings of guilt at all courts in England and Wales for "driving etc" after consuming alcohol or taking drugs is published annually in the Home Office statistical bulletin "Offences Relating to Motor Vehicles, England and Wales". Table 5 of issue 31/86 gives the figures for 1975–85, and those for 1986 will be published shortly. The latest information for Scotland is published in Scottish Home and Health Department statistical bulletin No. 3/1987 "Criminal Proceedings In Scottish Courts, 1985", table 3(C). Information on deaths and injuries resulting from these offences is not collected centrally. However, information is published in "Road Accidents, Great Britain, 1986" on the number of persons killed or injured in accidents where the driver failed a roadside screening breath test. Copies of all these publications are in the Library.