Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 18370

Driving under Influence

Tabled: 13 July 2026

Answered: 21 July 2026

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the use of roadside evidential drug testing devices in other countries; and whether she plans to introduce comparable technology in England a

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The Department for Transport has consulted on the potential use of alternative specimens, including oral fluid, saliva and sweat, in drug-driving forensic analysis. We are considering the responses received and will set out next steps in the usual way. No...

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