Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on drug-driving (a) enforcement and (b) communications campaigns in each year since 2023; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of those campaigns.

The Department for Transport does not hold responsibility for enforcement, this is a matter for police forces.

The last paid THINK! drug driving campaign ran in 2015, to coincide with a change in drug driving legislation. To address an increase in drug driving casualties over the last decade, THINK! are finalising a new drug driving campaign to launch later this year.

Please find drug driving campaign expenditure since 2023 below:

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