§ Mr. Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list by each police authority area how many breathalysed drivers were deemed to have exceeded the legal limit between Christmas and the New Year in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [65873]
§ Mr. BoatengFigures collected by the Home Office do not enable the Christmas and New Year period to be separately identified. The Association of Chief Police Officers, however, has collected figures on the number of positives tests of drivers who had been involved in collisions dealt with by the police during the Christmas Drink Drive campaign for the last two years, and these are in Table 1. Comparable figures for 1996–97 are not available.
The Home Office does, however, collect and publish figures for the month of December, and they are given on Table 2. Figures for 1998 are not yet available, but will be published in the spring.
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Table 1: Drivers involved in collisions during the Christmas drink drive campaign period who gave a positive breath test (or who refused a test) in England and Wales 1997–98 1998–99 Avon and Somerset 30 35 Bedfordshire 13 3 Cambridgeshire 17 12 Cheshire 30 19 Cleveland 4 9 Cumbria 11 7 Derbyshire 17 15 Devon and Cornwall 43 49 Dorset 8 8 Durham 15 9 Essex 20 27 Gloucestershire 15 7 Greater Manchester 63 50 Hampshire 66 55 Hertfordshire 20 10 Humberside 37 24 Kent 33 38 Lancashire 34 31 Leicestershire 12 19 Lincolnshire 16 10 London, City of — 2 Merseyside 23 14 Metropolitan Police 247 161 Norfolk 16 12 Northamptonshire 12 14 Northumbria 47 12 North Yorkshire 16 17 Nottinghamshire 23 26 South Yorkshire 25 11 Staffordshire 20 15 Suffolk 11 10 Surrey 21 24 Sussex 41 31 Thames Valley 60 49 Warwickshire 9 15 West Mercia 46 34 West Midlands 69 59 West Yorkshire 64 53 Wiltshire 27 20 Dyfed-Powys 16 10 Gwent 12 36 North Wales 43 6 South Wales 28 13 Total 1,380 1,081 Source:
Association of Chief Police Officers
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Table 2: Total number of positive/refused breath tests in England and Wales during December 1996 1997 Avon and Somerset 270 280 Bedfordshire 80 120 Cambridgeshire 110 130 Cheshire 200 120 Cleveland 90 80
Table 2: Total number of positive/refused breath tests in England and Wales during December 1996 1997 Cumbria 80 80 Derbyshire 180 160 Devon and Cornwall 200 100 Dorset 100 130 Durham 100 110 Essex 260 310 Gloucestershire 130 120 Greater Manchester 580 630 Hampshire 340 310 Hertfordshire 110 120 Humberside 100 110 Kent 150 140 Lancashire 320 230 Leicestershire 180 170 Lincolnshire 90 90 London, City of 50 50 Merseyside 220 190 Metropolitan Police 1,720 1,440 Norfolk 90 110 Northamptonshire 90 120 Northumbria 310 310 North Yorkshire 170 170 Nottinghamshire 240 220 South Yorkshire 210 200 Staffordshire 170 170 Suffolk 120 100 Surrey 130 120 Sussex 240 170 Thames Valley 570 450 Warwickshire 120 110 West Mercia 200 140 West Midlands 330 340 West Yorkshire 320 470 Wiltshire 110 110 Dyfed-Powys 80 70 Gwent 130 110 North Wales 140 120 South Wales 230 340 Total 9,640 9,140 Source:
Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate