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1653992

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
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, which local authority in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) England had the highest number of alcohol-related traffic collisions in the latest period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	194919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Data on personal injury road collisions reported by police is available via the STATS19 data collection. This includes the results of breath tests conducted by the police at the scene of collisions. The latest breath test data is for 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Within the Greater Manchester metropolitan area, the local authority with the highest number of injury collisions where at least one driver failed a breath test (including drivers who refused to provide a sample) was Manchester with 23. The local authority with the highest number in England was Kent with 154.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 04/09/2023 12:17:19 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1582514

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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 his Department will publish estimates of drink-drive collisions and casualties more frequently than once a year.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	136601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to increase the frequency of publication at this stage, though this will be reviewed based on any feedback from users of the statistics in future, in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 07/02/2023 12:01:34 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1580258

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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 19 December 2022 to Question 111539 on Driving under Influence, if he will clarify (a) what is meant by the phrase no-cost partnership and (b) how that negates a conflict of interest in this instance.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	131122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>In a no-cost marketing partnership, THINK! does not financially sponsor any partner activity. Instead, partners feature our campaign messaging and a ‘Supporting THINK!’ logo in their content, helping us to reach a wider target audience. This was the case in our partnership with Diageo.</p><p> </p><p>THINK! and the Department for Transport were not financially sponsored by Diageo. We did not receive any complimentary services or products from Diageo through this partnership or provide any such services to Diageo.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 30/01/2023 14:25:02 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1552053

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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, whether she has made an assessment of potential conflicts of interests related to alcoholic beverage company Diageo’s sponsorship of the new THINK! drink drive campaign.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	111538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>THINK! and Diageo have entered into a no-cost partnership to tackle drink driving over the festive period, following a successful partnership in winter 2021.</p><p> </p><p>THINK! assessed that there would be no conflict of interest in this partnership due to its no-cost and educational nature.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 111539 question first answered 19/12/2022 14:39:28 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1552061

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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, what steps he is taking to ensure there is no conflict of interest in the alcoholic beverage company Diageo’s sponsorship of the new THINK! drink drive campaign.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	111539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>THINK! and Diageo have entered into a no-cost partnership to tackle drink driving over the festive period, following a successful partnership in winter 2021.</p><p> </p><p>THINK! assessed that there would be no conflict of interest in this partnership due to its no-cost and educational nature.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 111538 question first answered 19/12/2022 14:39:28 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1456976

registered interest
date	06/04/2022
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 on what date the consultation on drink driving will be launched; and whether it will include a question on the case for lowering the blood alcohol content limit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL7759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will be conducting a call for evidence on parts of the Road Traffic Act 1988. It is expected that we will be in a position to publish this in the first half of 2022. While details are still being worked up as to its scope, it is expected that it will include drink and drug driving offences, and the offence of failure to stop and report. There may be an opportunity to highlight other areas of concern.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 19/04/2022 15:25:07 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1401958

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
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 (a) he or (b) another Minister in his Department will meet with the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and her constituent to discuss the effectiveness of the legislative framework relating to offences of drink- and drug-driving.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	101704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>Drink and drug driving is unacceptable and has no place on our roads, and we as Ministers are aware of the trauma that results. If the Honourable Member for Houghton and Sunderland South writes to the Secretary of State requesting a meeting the invitation will be considered.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/01/2022 14:06:44 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1386685

registered interest
date	09/12/2021
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, how much the Government has spent on anti-drink driving campaigns in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021 as of 9 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	90492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>In 2019, the Government spent £1,111,071.86 on anti-drink driving campaigns.</p><p>In 2020, the Government spent £177,014.73 on anti-drink driving campaigns. It is worth noting that during this period, communications were influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions on hospitality. With the pause in pub socialising, campaigns prioritised other emerging issues such as the increase in speeding seen in the first national lockdown and mobile phone use at the wheel, as well as travelling safely during the pandemic.</p><p>In 2021, total planned expenditure for drink drive campaigns comes to £963,609.38, of which £411,117.45 has been spent so far.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 15/12/2021 09:38:04 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1280057

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of differing blood alcohol limits in the UK on levels of road safety.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	142902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling drivers under the influence of alcohol and ensuring that all such drivers are caught and punished. We have a combined approach of tough penalties and rigorous enforcement along with our highly respected and effective THINK! Campaigns. This reinforces the social unacceptability of drink driving and reminds people of the serious consequences that drinking and driving can have on themselves and others.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has no plans to lower the drink drive limit in England and Wales. We believe that our current measures as outlined above are a more effective deterrent than changing the drink driving limit.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 29/01/2021 14:44:30 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1242118

registered interest
date	09/10/2020
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 efficacy of the law in respect of drink driving.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL8976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling drivers under the influence of alcohol and ensuring that all such drivers are caught and punished. We have a combined approach of tough penalties and rigorous enforcement along with our highly respected and effective THINK! Campaigns. This reinforces the social unacceptability of drink driving, and reminds people of the serious consequences that drinking and driving can have on themselves and others.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has achieved reductions in drink driving over the last 50 years. In 1979, 26% of road deaths occurred in accidents where at least one driver/ rider was over the drink-drive limit. It has been below 15% each year since 2010. We are determined to continue to reduce this number further, through our THINK! campaign, enforcement and tough penalties.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no immediate plans to lower the drink drive limit in England and Wales. We believe that our current measures as outlined above are a more effective deterrent than changing the drink driving limit.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 21/10/2020 14:41:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark