Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 17403

Driving under Influence: Drugs

Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered introducing powers for the courts to impose an interim driving disqualification on individuals charged with specified drug driving offences pending the outcome of criminal

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The Department has recently consulted on possible reforms to strengthen enforcement against drink and drug driving, including temporary licence suspension-type measures for suspected offenders before a case is concluded. The consultation has now closed an...

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