Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of high-speed police pursuits on the number of road traffic fatalities.

The Home Office has not assessed the potential effect of high-speed police pursuits on the number of road traffic fatalities.

However, the Department is in contact with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to understand what the police are doing to improve the safety of police pursuits.