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Written question asked by Grahame Morris (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 November 2025. It was answered by Lilian Greenwood (Labour) on Monday, 24 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Motor Vehicles: Breathalysers

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the adoption of alcohol interlock technology in other jurisdictions.

Answer

The Government is committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads.

We are considering a range of policies under the new Road Safety Strategy; the first for ten years. This includes the case for changing the motoring offences, such as drink driving. We intend to publish this by the end of the year.

In 2019 the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) was awarded a grant from the Department for Transport to undertake research into the feasibility of the using alcohol interlocks (“alcolocks”) as part of drink-drive offender rehabilitation programmes.

The research was published by PACTS and can be found at:

www.pacts.org.uk/new-pacts-research-project-alcohol-interlocks/

This research examined alcohol interlock usage in other countries.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
92535
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Breathalysers Driving under influence Motor vehicles Safety Technology
Link
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