Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 17901

Driving under Influence: Criminal Proceedings

Tabled: 10 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Mr Will Forster

Liberal DemocratWoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate the Department has made of how many drink and drug driving cases have been thrown out on technicalities, and whether the Department is reviewing this.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions and related outcomes for a variety of offences, including drink and drug driving, in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here:...

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