Following my intervention in this debate last week the RAC supported campaign Lock out Drink Driving have written to the Minister asking for a meeting

As the launch of the first National Road Safety Strategy in over a decade approaches, drink
driving remains one of the “fatal four” behaviours contributing most significantly to deaths
and serious injuries on UK roads.  Government figures show that in 2023 between 230 and 290 people died in collisions involving a driver over the legal alcohol limit, with over 1,500 seriously injured (DfT, 2025). International research shows 50–75% of disqualified drink-drivers
continue to drive illegally. Use of this technology could have a significant impact on
reducing collisions involving repeat offenders with studies showing they can they cut
reoffending by up to 70%.

I intervened in this Oral Question debate: I was not entirely comforted by the Minister’s answer on “alcolocks”. An alcolock is a breathalyser device that is linked to the ignition of a car, which means that somebody who has been drinking cannot start their car. This would massively reduce drink-drive casualties. Can he be a bit firmer on it?

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill replied for HMG:

I can certainly be a bit clearer about it, because there are public service vehicles that are fitted with the same technology, for some very obvious reasons. It is right to consider all these measures in the round. That is why we are revising the road safety strategy.

Debate here