§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were breath tested by the police in each region during the 1991–92 and 1992–93 drink-drive campaigns; and how many tests were positive.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe Association of Chief Police Officers has collected figures for the number of screening breath tests required and the number of positive results in each police force area between 19 December 1991 and 1 January 1992 and between 19 December 1992 and 1 January 1993. These are given in the following table:
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19 December 1991–1 January 1992 19 December 1992–1 January 1993 Police force area Number of breath tests Number with positive outcome Number of breath tests Number with positive outcome London, City of 111 10 86 9 Merseyside 1,151 145 566 130 Metropolitan Police District 12,347 835 12,379 804 Norfolk 3,486 59 917 35 Northamptonshire 778 35 728 33 Northumbria 533 122 383 118 North Yorkshire 1,175 69 665 38 Nottinghamshire 609 79 342 80 South Yorkshire 1,098 150 831 95 Staffordshire 932 82 505 69 Suffolk 896 50 638 68 Surrey 1,721 83 1,188 43 Sussex 806 102 741 71 Thames Valley 2,855 154 3,856 131 Warwickshire 188 33 205 24 West Mercia 939 99 1,184 98 West Midlands 1,344 251 1,160 205 West Yorkshire 1,886 240 1,638 188 Wiltshire 1,034 51 919 40 Dyfed-Powys 711 54 776 41 Gwent 849 47 734 34 North Wales 1,824 76 1,284 76 South Wales 2,035 146 1,953 149 England and Wales 64,118 4,921 59,069 4,248