Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many roadside checks for (a) speed, (b) use of seat belts and child restraints, (c) vehicle safety and roadworthiness and (d) driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs were carried out in (i) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (ii) Suffolk and (iii) England and Wales by each police force in each of the last three years.
Available information relates to the number of roadside breath tests conducted in Suffolk and England and Wales, these data are provided in the table. Data for 2013 is scheduled for publication in Spring 2015.
Data on the number of roadside checks for speed, use of seatbelts and driving under the influence of drugs, as well as breakdowns for Bury St Edmunds constituency are not reported to the Home Office.
| Number of roadside breath tests conducted, 2010-2012 | ||||
| Area | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Suffolk | 10,501 | 11,832 | 16,083 | |
| England and Wales | 736,846 | 685,992 | 682,558 | |