§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what proportions of drivers were found to have used(a) heroin, (b) cannabis and (c) alcohol to the breathalyser limit in the tests undertaken on drug driving in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [56505]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonSubstances found in drivers, by proportion, are:(a) opiates—4.4 per cent. (from existing experience approximately one-third of these can be expected to have used heroin); (b) cannabis— 12.5 per cent.; (c) alcohol below the legal limit— 8.8 per cent.
This information has been taken from the Department's ongoing survey into the incidence of drugs found in the bodies of road accident fatalities (drivers, riders, passengers, cyclists, pedestrians). In the survey, some drugs are classified by group only.