Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests there were for driving under the influence of drugs in each year since 2018.

Ministers and officials meet with representatives of the NPCC on a regular basis and discuss a wide range of topics.

The police have the power under section 10 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to arrest and detain an individual if they have provided a specimen of breath, blood or urine that exceeds the prescribed drink or drug driving limit or the individual’s ability to drive properly is impaired. How the police decide to use these powers is an operational matter for their discretion.

The Government will continue to support the police to ensure that they have the tools needed to enforce road traffic legislation.

The information requested on how many arrests there were for driving under the influence of drugs in each year since 2018 is not held centrally by the Home Office. Drug driving offences are not among the list of offences for which police forces are currently required to notify the Home Office of data on arrests, charges and outcomes.