Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 18368

Driving Under Influence

Tabled: 13 July 2026

Answered: 16 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was between (a) a roadside drug test, (b) the taking of an evidential sample, (c) receipt of toxicology results and (d) the first court hearing for drug driving cases in the latest period

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The Department does not hold data on the average time between each of the stages specified. Operational information relating to roadside testing, evidential samples and forensic toxicology is held by the police and forensic service providers, while court ...

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