§ Mr. EnnisTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of people driving under the influence of drugs have been reported by South Yorkshire Police in each of the last five years. [42656]
§ Mr. MichaelThe information requested is not available centrally.
There is no information collected centrally that distinguishes between driving under the influence of drugs and driving under the influence of alcohol.
The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions have in the past produced an estimate of the number of drug/driving cases based on information supplied by the Forensic Science Service, but this does not enable a police force breakdown to be made. Neither do South Yorkshire police themselves have any local information.