Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of drink driving in rural communities and whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of the use of alcohol interlocks to tackle this issue.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department publishes annual estimates of drink-drive casualties in Great Britain. In 2024, an estimated 1,740 people were killed or seriously injured in collisions involving at least one driver over the legal alcohol limit. The published drink-drive estimates do not currently provide a rural–urban breakdown, so we cannot conclude from them whether drink driving has a disproportionate impact on rural communities.
The Government consulted on the potential use of alcohol ignition interlocks (‘alcolocks’) as part of its consultation on proposed changes to penalties for motoring offences. We are analysing the consultation responses and the available evidence, including the potential effectiveness of alcolocks, and will announce next steps in due course.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in road collisions in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency in which speed was recorded as a contributing factor in each of the last five years for which data are available.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The number of people who were killed or seriously injured in reported road collisions in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency where either the road safety factors “Driver or rider exceeding speed limit” or “Driver or rider travelling too fast for conditions” was assigned between 2020 and 2025 is available below.
Due to boundary changes in geographies, including parliamentary constituencies, certain geographical definitions may change over time. To ensure greater consistency, the latest geographical definition of the Dwyfor Meirionnydd parliamentary constituency was used for all figures provided.
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2020 | 3 | 27 |
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2021 | 6 | 29 |
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2022 | 3 | 32 |
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2023 | 8 | 26 |
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2024 | 4 | 25 |
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2025 | 3 | 28 |
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Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Ministry of Justice and Home Office on the potential use of alcohol interlocks as a condition for repeat and high-risk drink-driving offenders returning to the road.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government consulted on allowing alcohol ignition locks, or alcolocks, to be used as part of drink-drive rehabilitation, recognising their potential to reduce reoffending. We are currently analysing the responses.
We will work with the Ministry of Justice to prepare a Justice Impact Test to assess the impacts on the justice system of any proposed changes taken forward following the consultation.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of speeding offences committed on roads outside or in the vicinity of schools in Wales.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office does not centrally collect or hold specific data on the number of speeding offences committed on roads outside or in the vicinity of schools in Wales.
The Home Office’s annual publication Police Powers and Procedures: Roads Policing - the most recent edition of which is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-roads-policing-to-december-2024 - provides statistics on motoring offences subject to a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) in England and Wales, including information on offence type (for example, speed limit offence).
However, the Home Office does not collect or hold information at a level of geographical granularity below police force area level, and therefore this information cannot be broken down by road location.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the reduction in speeding required to achieve the 65% reduction in people killed or seriously injured by 2035, as set out in the Road Safety Strategy.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department has not made a separate estimate of the reduction in speeding required to achieve the 65% reduction in people killed or seriously injured by 2035. The Road Safety Strategy takes a Safe System approach, with action on safer speeds forming part of a wider package of measures to reduce deaths and serious injuries. Achieving the target will depend on the combined effect of these measures.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to commence Part 5 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UNI 8822 on 22 June 2026.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of Youth Justice Board reform on staffing levels.
Answered by Jake Richards - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Government is reforming the Youth Justice Board (YJB) to focus on driving the continuous improvement of Youth Justice Services. The Ministry of Justice will be responsible for the Youth Justice core grant, Youth Justice standards, performance monitoring and oversight functions and digital and IT provision.
This reform aims to produce a more streamlined and purposeful national system which enables Youth Justice Services to deliver improved outcomes for children, victims and communities. The YJB will have a reduced headcount to deliver its refocused remit.
My officials and I are working closely with YJB colleagues at all levels to design the detail of this new model which will come into force from April 2027 and to provide clarity to hard-working YJB staff where possible during this period of reform.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were recalled to custody, where not involving a further offence, in (a) Wales and (b) England in 2025.
Answered by James Murray - Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
We have interpreted the requests to mean the number of occasions in 2025 on which an offender’s licence was revoked that did not involve a charge of further offence. Offenders whose licence is revoked are not always immediately returned to custody. The numbers below include offenders who may have been recalled multiple times in 2025.
In 2025, 35,054 offenders’ licences were revoked in England and 2,804 in Wales not involving a charge of a further offence.
In 2025, 345 female offenders’ licences were revoked in Wales and 3,050 in England, not involving a charge of further offence.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.14 on page 17 of the ‘The Fiscal Devolution Roadmap: Reforming the Funding Model for Regional and Local Government in England’ what discussion has he had with the Welsh Government on the implications of the proposals on devolved budgets in Wales
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Our approach to fiscal devolution in Wales is already well established. I regularly engage with my Welsh Government counterparts on devolved funding arrangements and will continue to do so in the usual way, including on any implications of these proposals for Welsh Government budgets.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Motability customers with high essential mileage requirements are not disproportionately disadvantaged by additional mileage charges.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
Responsibility for the terms and administration of the Scheme sits with Motability Foundation and its Board of Governors. Department officials and Motability meet regularly to review the Scheme and how it operates to ensure it meets the needs of disabled people.
After careful consideration of customer's needs, Motability announced that from 1 July 2026, customers who need significantly more travel than the standard mileage allowance for essential healthcare, education or employment journeys may be eligible for additional mileage support. Customers must demonstrate they require more than 3,000 miles a year for these purposes, with support applied to approved miles above that threshold through reduced excess mileage charges, while leisure and holiday travel is excluded. Support can be requested when ordering a vehicle or during a lease, with eligibility assessed based on individual circumstances and supporting evidence.
Additionally, the Scheme recognises that living in the most rural areas often means having to travel further to access everyday services so will provide 3,000 additional miles per year on to leases for certain customers. Motability Operations has used data from national Governments to identify the areas with limited access to essential services. The data looks at the typical travel time to services that people regularly rely on, including grocery shopping, healthcare and education.
The Motability Scheme is operated independently of Government. Decisions about grants, eligibility, lease terms, mileage allowances and support arrangements are matters for Motability.