Driving under Influence: Scotland

(asked on 4th February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to devolve the powers to vary penalties for the offence of drink driving to the Scottish Parliament; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
George Freeman Portrait
George Freeman
This question was answered on 11th February 2020

The Scotland Act 2012 provided amendments to the original 1998 Scotland Act which included devolving the power to prescribe drink driving limits in Scotland.

There are currently no plans to devolve the powers to vary penalties.

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