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Crime: Drink-Driving

Answer

The available information is provided in the accompanying tables. Data held by the Ministry of Justice on the Courts Proceeding Database do not correspond to parliamentary constituency, data by police force area have been supplied in lieu.

Average custodial sentence length (ACSL) (months)(1) and average fine imposed for the offence of causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugs(2), 1998-2008
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Average fine (£'s)	*	:	:	*	:	:	:	*	:	*	:
Number of fines	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
Average custodial sentence length	37.1	41.7	38.3	43.4	40.9	44.0	43.4	42.4	40.8	39.2	46.6
Number of determinate custodial sentences	58	45	49	48	61	58	59	62	63	64	45
Number of indeterminate custodial sentences(3)	:	:	:	:	:	:	:	0	1	1	0

": - Not applicable""* - Figure suppressed as number too small to give meaningful average""(1) ACSL excludes life/indeterminate sentences""(2) Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""(3) Maximum sentence for this offence is a 14 year determinate sentence an indeterminate sentence for public protection has been available since 2005""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "* - Figure suppressed as number too small to give meaningful average""(1) ACSL excludes life/indeterminate sentences""(2) Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""(3) Maximum sentence for this offence is a 14 year determinate sentence an indeterminate sentence for public protection has been available since 2005""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "(1) ACSL excludes life/indeterminate sentences""(2) Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""(3) Maximum sentence for this offence is a 14 year determinate sentence an indeterminate sentence for public protection has been available since 2005""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "(2) Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""(3) Maximum sentence for this offence is a 14 year determinate sentence an indeterminate sentence for public protection has been available since 2005""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "(3) Maximum sentence for this offence is a 14 year determinate sentence an indeterminate sentence for public protection has been available since 2005""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system.""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data." "Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data."

Number of offenders prosecuted by criminal justice area and sex for offences of drink driving(1) 2005-08
Males
Police force area	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset	2,167	1,981	2,017	1,772
Bedfordshire	950	972	883	747
Cambridgeshire	996	1,050	1,043	917
Cheshire	1,372	1,456	1,449	1,245
City of London	165	149	181	115
Cleveland	761	806	783	808
Cumbria	659	686	680	565
Derbyshire	1,345	1,264	1,191	969
Devon and Cornwall	2,080	1,960	1,908	1,794
Dorset	986	957	1,010	874
Durham	910	790	796	694
Essex	2,131	2,229	2,084	1,918
Gloucestershire	711	710	601	613
Greater Manchester	3,786	3,749	3,650	3,011
Hampshire	2,825	2,426	2,462	2,245
Hertfordshire	1,554	1,511	1,503	1,307
Humberside	1,315	1,247	842	477
Kent	2,419	2,332	2,329	2,025
Lancashire	2,234	2,274	2,191	1,965
Leicestershire	1,382	1,275	1,290	1,099
Lincolnshire	991	1,051	1,051	997
Merseyside	2,434	2,219	1,998	1,529
Metropolitan Police	11,650	11,579	10,738	9,717
Norfolk	1,040	1,137	1,008	861
North Yorkshire	1,033	998	946	886
Northamptonshire	737	868	748	790
Northumbria	2,127	2,064	1,984	1,835
Nottinghamshire	1,369	1,403	1,256	1,255
South Yorkshire	1,906	1,667	1,690	1,609
Staffordshire	1,411	1,354	1,369	1,251
Suffolk	914	979	866	711
Surrey	1,231	1,170	1,204	1,074
Sussex	1,933	2,023	1,985	1,794
Thames Valley	2,987	2,941	2,852	2,406
Warwickshire	734	725	808	650
West Mercia	1,672	1,682	1,591	1,424
West Midlands	4,830	4,739	4,651	3,877
West Yorkshire	3,366	3,134	2,936	2,609
Wiltshire	840	809	639	546
Dyfed-Powys	777	762	748	646
Gwent	901	986	894	787
North Wales	1,097	1,112	1,049	890
South Wales	2,303	2,227	2,062	1,494
Females
Avon and Somerset	356	330	360	301
Bedfordshire	92	133	125	96
Cambridgeshire	118	134	142	139
Cheshire	233	285	282	287
City of London	12	16	13	13
Cleveland	116	134	116	135
Cumbria	130	116	111	137
Derbyshire	188	204	169	184
Devon and Cornwall	326	363	326	340
Dorset	158	164	201	174
Durham	163	144	162	141
Essex	340	352	363	385
Gloucestershire	120	124	128	141
Greater Manchester	541	501	552	568
Hampshire	462	393	411	396
Hertfordshire	256	277	284	264
Humberside	139	166	120	62
Kent	317	312	349	362
Lancashire	344	414	411	398
Leicestershire	169	158	176	137
Lincolnshire	150	133	137	138
Merseyside	327	343	387	349
Metropolitan Police	1,253	1,343	1,340	1,338
Norfolk	153	149	165	164
North Yorkshire	171	163	182	166
Northamptonshire	120	104	101	130
Northumbria	300	337	373	355
Nottinghamshire	180	217	214	211
South Yorkshire	208	215	229	238
Staffordshire	220	208	221	253
Suffolk	128	138	146	146
Surrey	227	211	256	247
Sussex	311	337	372	303
Thames Valley	425	438	447	432
Warwickshire	103	138	137	134
West Mercia	146	215	188	182
West Midlands	524	564	557	490
West Yorkshire	354	333	411	401
Wiltshire	125	129	129	116
Dyfed-Powys	121	117	124	122
Gwent	180	161	153	177
North Wales	166	168	176	171
South Wales	359	349	372	307

"(1) Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "A small proportion of cases in 2008 (less than 1%) were returned to the ministry as ““sex not stated””; these records have not been included in the response and as such may be responsible for some of the year-on-year trend from 2007 to 2008.""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data"

Number of offenders convicted by criminal justice area and sex for offences of drink driving(1), 2005-08
Males
Police force area	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset	2,041	1,857	1,902	1,676
Bedfordshire	881	929	841	707
Cambridgeshire	970	1,022	1,011	882
Cheshire	1,310	1,389	1,389	1,209
City of London	154	143	165	105
Cleveland	723	776	753	787
Cumbria	627	656	663	545
Derbyshire	1,290	1,208	1,150	936
Devon and Cornwall	1,987	1,851	1,829	1,720
Dorset	942	915	922	816
Durham	880	759	774	673
Essex	2,026	2,128	2,002	1,836
Gloucestershire	651	655	563	596
Greater Manchester	3,599	3,592	3,504	2,911
Hampshire	2,659	2,299	2,372	2,141
Hertfordshire	1,448	1,429	1,427	1,244
Humberside	1,264	1,208	800	434
Kent	2,314	2,238	2,235	1,935
Lancashire	2,107	2,106	2,054	1,873
Leicestershire	1,300	1,209	1,217	1,032
Lincolnshire	930	1,008	1,007	950
Merseyside	2,266	2,095	1,894	1,475
Metropolitan Police	10,599	10,762	10,043	9,204
Norfolk	996	1,093	961	826
North Yorkshire	976	963	913	862
Northamptonshire	655	823	711	755
Northumbria	1,984	1,940	1,860	1,752
Nottinghamshire	1,283	1,319	1,198	1,199
South Yorkshire	1,794	1,581	1,619	1,522
Staffordshire	1,303	1,252	1,306	1,206
Suffolk	874	932	824	687
Surrey	1,161	1,110	1,142	1,027
Sussex	1,860	1,942	1,927	1,732
Thames Valley	2,809	2,744	2,674	2,313
Warwickshire	705	694	780	623
West Mercia	1,599	1,609	1,520	1,362
West Midlands	4,577	4,486	4,452	3,706
West Yorkshire	3,160	2,948	2,738	2,440
Wiltshire	796	775	615	519
Dyfed-Powys	724	715	698	617
Gwent	828	918	846	737
North Wales	1,048	1,064	1,020	852
South Wales	2,144	2,099	1,974	1,441
Avon and Somerset	337	313	339	286
Bedfordshire	87	131	121	96
Cambridgeshire	116	128	138	138
Cheshire	229	265	269	277
City of London	11	15	12	13
Cleveland	113	131	111	128
Cumbria	122	112	109	136
Derbyshire	178	186	163	176
Devon and Cornwall	312	348	310	323
Dorset	150	154	184	159
Durham	154	140	158	134
Essex	327	342	350	371
Gloucestershire	111	114	122	136
Greater Manchester	530	479	537	550
Hampshire	440	375	392	381
Hertfordshire	237	261	276	250
Humberside	132	159	114	60
Kent	297	304	333	342
Lancashire	325	395	382	384
Leicestershire	158	142	166	134
Lincolnshire	142	124	127	135
Merseyside	306	317	373	335
Metropolitan Police	1,159	1,257	1,265	1,277
Norfolk	145	147	157	159
North Yorkshire	166	158	180	162
Northamptonshire	109	96	96	123
Northumbria	280	320	352	343
Nottinghamshire	170	208	199	202
South Yorkshire	189	203	226	236
Staffordshire	205	194	210	244
Suffolk	122	130	138	140
Surrey	219	202	252	242
Sussex	296	330	351	295
Thames Valley	402	416	422	410
Warwickshire	102	134	132	132
West Mercia	138	205	179	175
West Midlands	500	543	536	464
West Yorkshire	334	316	389	375
Wiltshire	121	124	125	106
Dyfed-Powys	113	113	114	111
Gwent	169	151	144	166
North Wales	158	159	170	163
South Wales	345	335	355	291

"(1) Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe.""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data"

Number of offenders sentenced to immediate custody, by criminal justice area and sex for offences of drink driving(1), 2005-08
Males
Police force area	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset	51	66	42	44
Bedfordshire	51	26	17	10
Cambridgeshire	27	26	23	39
Cheshire	56	41	33	30
City of London	2	1	4	0
Cleveland	20	11	20	19
Cumbria	21	11	22	23
Derbyshire	62	59	56	41
Devon and Cornwall	63	50	19	28
Dorset	22	14	14	11
Durham	26	14	23	11
Essex	155	108	95	75
Gloucestershire	11	15	10	8
Greater Manchester	165	118	119	75
Hampshire	100	68	71	59
Hertfordshire	41	23	27	27
Humberside	59	43	45	40
Kent	74	72	48	41
Lancashire	60	51	31	32
Leicestershire	66	52	33	33
Lincolnshire	17	24	26	27
Merseyside	127	106	72	41
Metropolitan Police	453	379	302	291
Norfolk	23	23	34	18
North Yorkshire	20	15	12	16
Northamptonshire	25	45	55	35
Northumbria	38	25	32	28
Nottinghamshire	52	44	33	30
South Yorkshire	54	42	56	59
Staffordshire	43	34	32	27
Suffolk	29	27	25	16
Surrey	24	23	18	23
Sussex	46	34	47	40
Thames Valley	92	79	68	85
Warwickshire	9	11	11	9
West Mercia	52	45	32	31
West Midlands	149	134	139	139
West Yorkshire	76	65	58	62
Wiltshire	15	8	6	6
Dyfed-Powys	15	12	10	13
Gwent	37	31	28	31
North Wales	31	31	18	21
South Wales	84	71	62	46
Metropolitan Police	17	19	12	13
Cumbria	4	1	0	0
Lancashire	1	1	0	2
Merseyside	2	0	4	1
Greater Manchester	6	4	4	6
Cheshire	3	4	4	1
Northumbria	0	1	0	1
Durham	1	0	0	0
North Yorkshire	1	0	1	1
West Yorkshire	4	2	2	2
South Yorkshire	2	3	0	2
Humberside	4	1	0	0
Cleveland	0	1	0	0
West Midlands	5	3	7	3
Staffordshire	6	3	1	1
West Mercia	2	0	0	1
Warwickshire	0	0	1	0
Derbyshire	2	2	4	4
Nottinghamshire	0	1	0	1
Lincolnshire	1	0	0	2
Leicestershire	1	2	0	1
Northamptonshire	5	1	1	1
Cambridgeshire	0	1	3	1
Norfolk	3	0	2	1
Suffolk	0	1	1	1
Bedfordshire	4	0	4	0
Hertfordshire	1	1	1	1
Essex	10	4	6	6
Thames Valley	4	6	2	3
Hampshire	5	3	5	4
Surrey	0	1	0	0
Kent	2	2	0	3
Sussex	2	1	2	3
City of London	0	0	0	0
Devon and Cornwall	2	0	1	0
Avon and Somerset	3	2	0	0
Gloucestershire	0	1	1	0
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0
Dorset	1	0	0	1
North Wales	2	0	0	0
Gwent	1	1	0	0
South Wales	2	4	4	4
Dyfed-Powys	2	1	0	1

"(1) Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)""Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a motor vehicle while having a breath, urine or blood alcohol concentration in excess of the prescribed limit""Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a motor vehicle and failing to provide a specimen for a laboratory test or two specimens for analysis of breath if at the relevant time driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle""Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Failing without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of breath for a preliminary test""Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Failing to allow specimen of blood to be subjected to laboratory test""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfair through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drink""Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Being in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit to drive through drink or drugs (impairment)—drugs""Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Source: Justice Statistics - Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice""Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Ref: PQ(JSAS) HL624 HL625 (22/06/2010)""These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.""Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system""These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "These data have been taken from the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database. These data are presented on the principal offence basis. Where an offender has been sentenced for more than one offence the principal offence is the one for which the heaviest sentence was imposed. Where the same sentence has been imposed for two or more offences the principal offence is the one for which the statutory maximum is most severe""Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates’ court for April, July, and August 2008.""Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Data only include those prosecuted and sentenced for drink driving and exclude those prosecuted and sentenced for causing death by driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988 added by Road Traffic Act 1991 and amended by Criminal Justice Act 2003""Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data" "Following the introduction of the LIBRA case management system defendants at magistrates’ courts can be recorded as ““sex not stated”” and have therefore been excluded from these data"

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Type

Written question

Reference

624; 719 c245-60WA

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Convictions Driving under influence Prosecutions Prison sentences

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