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Written question asked by John Battle (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 December 2009. It was answered by Alan Campbell (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Driving Under Influence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were stopped and tested for drink driving (a) in West Yorkshire, (b) in each police authority area and (c) in total in each of the last five years.
Answer

The information requested is provided in the following tables.Figures on West Yorkshire and the total in each of the last five years can be found highlighted in the table.

Total breath tests for each police
Police force 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Avon and Somerset 24,492 27,297 21,928 15,779 15,655
Bedfordshire 6,633 7,764 6,704 3,093 2,578
Cambridgeshire 12,300 12,300 12,500 12,500 12,000
Cheshire 11,854 20,155 22,005 35,747 32,210
Cleveland 8,716 8,056 10,826 11,308 10,140
Cumbria 5,513 8,430 13,577 13,804 16,217
Derbyshire 32,570 31,023 17,685 16,019 15,873
Devon and Cornwall 10,914 10,690 10,423 13,562 16,687
Dorset 8,464 6,938 7,917 8,706 8,038
Durham 7,558 6,080 7,734 6,945 8,160
Essex 15,481 25,337 34,249 28,436 25,946
Gloucestershire 8,647 7,144 9,122 10,090 8,262
Greater Manchester 20,900 19,900 18,900 18,100 18,025
Hampshire 37,529 38,399 38,323 34,772 26,208
Hertfordshire 4,011 7,289 11,900 12,693 12,030
Humberside 6,545 5,619 5,717 10,009 11,885
Kent 24,553 32,019 31,187 31,684 28,629
Lancashire 7,981 10,204 12,990 16,337 19,158
Leicestershire 12,007 15,399 14,419 9,980 6,644
Lincolnshire 12,076 11,310 11,431 10,581 14,722
London, City of 1,237 683 1,117 1,553 1,375
Merseyside 7,722 5,019 8,003 10,642 12,829
Metropolitan 55,993 61,535 67,461 65,025 66,919
Norfolk 4,030 4,805 10,367 7,844 6,366
North Yorkshire 8,254 8,589 9,339 10,129 10,526
Northamptonshire 3,126 3,200 5,196 4,259 4,076
Northumbria 11,123 9,776 9,301 7,992 7,392
Nottinghamshire 7,146 8,241 7,923 7,172 7,250
South Yorkshire 12,117 6,494 13,689 10,267 11,390
Staffordshire 5,073 13,666 14,322 12,723 12,369
Suffolk 11,566 10,569 8,854 9,059 10,435
Surrey 8,858 9,484 9,605 8,278 6,915
Sussex 17,150 15,210 17,983 18,742 16,805
Thames Valley 16,049 15,363 14,629 13,538 14,850
Warwickshire 5,848 5,496 4,820 4,458 4,877
West Mercia 6,289 7,991 8,833 11,267 10,438
West Midlands 10,960 6,579 6,900 6,229 5,611
West Yorkshire 14,157 16,921 15,367 18,011 18,724
Wiltshire 5,867 7,398 7,167 8,708 7,688
Dyfed-Powys 5,982 6,686 6,917 7,291 9,429
Gwent 2,794 1,632 1,957 1,702 2,374
North Wales 17,337 24,177 21,812 19,597 23,034
South Wales 16,863 16,733 16,269 17,087 19,013
Total 534,285 577,600 607,368 601,718 599,752

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
503 c142-3W; 306944
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Breathalysers Driving under influence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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