HC Deb 13 April 1932 vol 264 cc811-2
28. Sir JOHN HASLAM

asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that, according to the British Medical Association, 7,326 motor accidents were treated in 135 hospitals during 1931 incurring a total cost to the hospitals of £64,132, and that the claims repaid under the Road Traffic Act amounted to £6,575 or about 10 per cent.; and what steps he proposes to take in order that the expectations under the Act can be realised?

Mr. PYBUS

As I stated on the 17th February in answer to a somewhat similar question by the late hon. Member for Wakefield (Dr. Hillman) while I sympathise with the difficulties of the hospitals, I am afraid I cannot see my way to introduce further legislation.

43. Mr. RHYS DAVIES

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- ment the number of motor accidents in which the police have failed to trace some of the responsible parties during the last six years, and the number of cases in which compensation in some form or other has been paid to the victims of those accidents?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Oliver Stanley)

I am informed by the Commissioner of Police that during the last six years there have been eight persons killed in the Metropolitan Police District by unknown vehicles. Corresponding figures for the rest of the country are not available, nor as to nonfatal accidents in the Metropolitan Police District. No information is available as to the number of such cases in which compensation has been paid.