United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 12368
Driving under Influence: Scotland
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4 February 2020
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11 February 2020 · Answer
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11 February 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to devolve the powers to vary penalties for the offence of drink driving to the Scottish Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
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Timeline
4 February 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to devolve the powers to vary penalties for the offence of drink driving to the Scottish Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
Source: Commons
11 February 2020
Answer
The Scotland Act 2012 provided amendments to the original 1998 Scotland Act which included devolving the power to prescribe drink driving limits in Scotland. There are currently no plans to devolve the powers to vary penalties.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-02-04/12368
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1176000
- uk · wq-1176000 · source updated 11 February 2020