To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) blood and (b) urine samples related to suspected incidents of drink-driving were processed at each Forensic Science Service centre in each of the last five years. (283333)

[holding answer 30 June 2009]: The records on blood and urine tests carried out by the FSS are generated by the machines running the analysis. These records do not differentiate between tests on or for blood and urine and cannot be broken down by type. The detailed breakdown of combined blood and urine is outlined as follows:

The FSS estimates that 90 to 95 per cent. of these will be blood samples.

The Chorley laboratory is the only FSS laboratory currently processing such samples. This has been the case for more than 10 years