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423194

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 19 March (HL5704), whether they plan to review the Coalition Government’s policy and to seek funding from the drinks industry to fund the Department for Transport’s drink driving campaigns.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL2944
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Sources of funding for campaign spend are kept under review but we currently have no plans to introduce a levy on the drinks industry to fund the drink drive campaign.</p><br /><p>Instead our aim is to develop partnerships with brands who can provide incentives to help drivers avoid alcohol if they are driving, or to help those people who are drinking get home safely without driving. To date we have secured the following partnerships so far for our 2015 campaign:</p><br /><p>- Coca Cola, who will be running their designated driver campaign, rewarding designated drivers with a buy-one-get-one-free offer on coke drinks in thousands of venues during the festive season.</p><p>- Budweiser who also promote and celebrate the important role of designated driver.</p><p>- Johnnie Walker, who ask drivers to take a pledge to never drink and drive, in return for discounted safe journeys home.</p><br /><p>These initiatives are all completely funded by the partner and add significant value to the campaign.</p><br /><p>We will continue to seek further partnerships with commercial brands who can extend the reach and impact of our campaigns.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 04/11/2015 11:36:50 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

156066

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Government's first anti-drink drive television advert.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	214487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The department’s THINK! road safety campaign recently launched its 50 years of drink drive campaigning on the 7<sup>th</sup> November. The campaign has used the 50 year milestone to mark the progress made in reducing drink drive deaths on our road while underlining that – with 230 lives lost in 2012 – there is still a long way to go. One death caused by drink driving is one death too many.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/11/2014 12:50:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

452168

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to advise drivers of the risks involved in driving after drinking alcohol.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rea
	uin	HL6115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government advise drivers of the risks involved in driving after drinking alcohol in a number of ways.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport’s THINK! drink drive campaign raises awareness of the risks and consequences of drink driving. The campaign aims to reinforce the social unacceptability of drink driving and achieve positive behaviour change amongst drivers.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2015, THINK! ran a £2.9 million drink drive campaign. This campaign targeted males aged 17-34, who are disproportionately represented in drink drive killed and seriously injured (KSI) casualty statistics. We advertised this campaign on TV, online video and radio, and supported this with wider PR and social media activity.</p><p> </p><p>In addition we work with partners including Coca-Cola, Budweiser and Johnnie Walker to provide incentives to drivers (such as buy one get one free soft drinks) to avoid drink driving.</p><p> </p><p>THINK! also provide materials to road safety professionals to run campaigns and provide information on the risks of drink driving to drivers locally.</p><p> </p><p>The driving theory test addresses the subject of drink driving and the topic is covered extensively in driving learning materials.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also works with organisations to provide Drink Drive Rehabilitation Schemes (DDRS) for first time offenders. The courses aim to allow reflection of behaviour and achieve behaviour change.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/02/2016 12:21:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3274 label Biography information for Lord Rea

576247

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimates they have made of the costs of road traffic accidents associated with alcohol to (1) the NHS, (2) the emergency services, (3) the police, (4) the justice system, (5) the benefits system, and (6) individual victims.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
	uin	HL1487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport publishes estimates of the average cost to society of road traffic accidents as part of the Transport Analysis Guidance (called WebTAG). The cost is broken down into six elements. Three of these elements are casualty-related:</p><ul><li>lost output/cost to the economy</li><li>medical and ambulance costs</li><li>human costs</li></ul><p> </p><p>The remaining three are accident-related:</p><ul><li>police costs</li><li>insurance and administration costs</li><li>damage to property</li></ul><p> </p><p>The human cost element is estimated using evidence of individuals’ willingness to pay for a marginal reduction in their risk of suffering a road traffic accident. The other components are estimated using official data sources.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not made any estimate of the costs of road traffic accidents to the justice system or the benefits system. However, it is likely that these will be small in comparison with human and lost output costs.</p><p> </p><p>The table below gives an estimate of the costs for each of the six WebTAG elements for all reported personal-injury accidents in Great Britain where at least one driver was over the alcohol limit. The figures are based on accidents that occurred in 2014 as this is the most recent year for which final drink drive accident statistics are available. The totals are in 2016 prices.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Total value of prevention of reported accidents when at least one driver is over the alcohol limit, Great Britain, 2014</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>£million in 2016 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accident severity</p></td><td><p>Police costs</p></td><td><p>Insurance and admin</p></td><td><p>Damage to property</p></td><td><p>Lost output</p></td><td><p>Human costs</p></td><td><p>Medical and ambulance</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>150.6</p></td><td><p>287.3</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>445.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>25.9</p></td><td><p>178.0</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td><td><p>226.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td><td><p>84.0</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>127.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>799.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/09/2016 14:44:50 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3609 label Biography information for Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

607585

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage of drivers or riders involved in a road accident who were given a breath test, for each of the last five years; and what assessment they have made of the change, if any, in that percentage.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL2517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>A significant majority of road accidents are damage-only incidents where all participants exchange insurance and contact details. In line with s170 of the Road Traffic Act there is no requirement to report these incidents to the police and, unless there is a specific need for it, the police will not attend the scene. In these cases no breath tests are carried out and the accident is not recorded.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, it is impossible to state what percentage of drivers involved in all accidents are given a breath test as the total number of drivers involved in accidents is unknown.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 03/11/2016 13:04:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

607586

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have reviewed (1) the drink driving limits across Europe, and (2) the proposed changes to the limit in Malta; and what assessment they have made of the limit in England and Wales in the light of those limits.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL2518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Our assessment of Home Office figures on breath tests is that the proportion of drivers providing a positive or refused to provide a sample over recent years has remained constant, with only a slight rise in 2014 to 11% compared to 10.5% in 2013. By contrast, it was 20% in 2003.</p><p> </p><p>With Malta due to change their drink drive limit, all other European countries will have a lower alcohol limit, but they do not necessarily have a better record on reducing drink drive casualties. The TRL Report ‘PPR 796’ prepared for the Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transport Safety (PACTS) shows that Britain, rather than having a higher level of road casualties in collisions involving alcohol than other European countries, has a comparable level despite the higher limit. Harmonisation with other countries’ limits is not a reason on its own for lowering the limit.</p><p> </p><p>We therefore have no plans to lower the drink drive limit in England and Wales. Our approach in tackling drink driving is through rigorous enforcement, tough penalties, and changing the social acceptability of drink driving – including through our award-winning THINK! campaigns.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2516 question first answered 03/11/2016 13:03:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

607584

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Department for Transport figures showing a rise in the number of drivers failing a breath test.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL2516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Our assessment of Home Office figures on breath tests is that the proportion of drivers providing a positive or refused to provide a sample over recent years has remained constant, with only a slight rise in 2014 to 11% compared to 10.5% in 2013. By contrast, it was 20% in 2003.</p><p> </p><p>With Malta due to change their drink drive limit, all other European countries will have a lower alcohol limit, but they do not necessarily have a better record on reducing drink drive casualties. The TRL Report ‘PPR 796’ prepared for the Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transport Safety (PACTS) shows that Britain, rather than having a higher level of road casualties in collisions involving alcohol than other European countries, has a comparable level despite the higher limit. Harmonisation with other countries’ limits is not a reason on its own for lowering the limit.</p><p> </p><p>We therefore have no plans to lower the drink drive limit in England and Wales. Our approach in tackling drink driving is through rigorous enforcement, tough penalties, and changing the social acceptability of drink driving – including through our award-winning THINK! campaigns.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL2518 question first answered 03/11/2016 13:03:46 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

452169

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of recent studies of driver impairment after drinking alcohol, and whether those studies support the current alcohol limit for drivers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rea
	uin	HL6116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Sir Peter North’s 2010 Review of drink and drug driving made an assessment of various studies. The Coalition Government responded in March 2011 by setting out its position on maintaining the current limit. This Government agrees with that assessment and we do not believe any further studies have provided sufficient evidence to change that position. There are therefore no plans to change the current laws.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL6114 question first answered 24/02/2016 12:20:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3274 label Biography information for Lord Rea

452167

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the risk of a driver's involvement in a collision involving injuries or death when they have a blood alcohol concentration of 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood or more; and how that assessment of risk compares with that made when the alcohol limit for drivers was set in 1967.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rea
	uin	HL6114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>Sir Peter North’s 2010 Review of drink and drug driving made an assessment of various studies. The Coalition Government responded in March 2011 by setting out its position on maintaining the current limit. This Government agrees with that assessment and we do not believe any further studies have provided sufficient evidence to change that position. There are therefore no plans to change the current laws.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL6116 question first answered 24/02/2016 12:20:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	3274 label Biography information for Lord Rea

1001951

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2018 to Question 177313 on Driving under Influence, and with reference to the 2017 Institute of Alcohol Studies report Running on empty: Drink driving law enforcement in England which found that the number of breath tests performed reduced by one quarter between 2011 and 2015, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of rigorous enforcement and serious penalties for drink drivers.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	188130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has already introduced further measures to tackle drink drivers. Since 2015, repeat drink drivers must medically prove they are not alcohol dependent before getting their licence back, and the right to blood testing was removed for drivers who narrowly fail breathalyser tests. A £350,000 competition announced in June to develop a new mobile breathalyser for the police has also been completed and winning entries are currently undergoing testing.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/11/2018 16:53:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon