PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Road Traffic Offences: Sentencing (31 October 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7193, what progress he has made on the review of the maximum penalties for driving offences resulting in death and or serious injury.

Asked by:
Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

The government response to the consultation on driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury was published on 16 October 2017.

We will bring forward proposals for changes in the law as soon as parliamentary time allows. These proposals will take account of, and incorporate, all of government’s proposals for safer roads, including any arising from the Department of Transport’s review of cycle safety.

Answered by:
Rory Stewart (Independent)
5 November 2018