§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many(a) police officers and (b) Department of Transport officials have been engaged in the campaign to identify motorists without tax discs announced for Greater London on 3 May;
(2) how many motorists have so far been stopped in the road-side checks announced on 3 May for Greater London;
(3) what has been the cost to public funds so far of the campaign in London to identify tax disc dodgers announced by his Department on 3 May;
(4) what results have been obtained so far in the campaign against motor tax dodgers in London announced on 3 May.
Total Children Killed Pedestrians Child Pedestrians Rear seat strapped Rear seat unstrapped/unknown Road deaths in Merseyside: 1983–87 1983 95 20 56 16 0 8 1984 128 25 80 21 0 4 1985 109 11 62 8 0 6 1986 102 10 59 9 1 5 1987 105 9 61 7 0 3 Road deaths in St. Helens: 1983–87 1983 14 4 7 2 0 1 1984 15 1 8 0 0 1 1985 12 0 4 0 0 2 1986 12 0 7 0 0 0 1987 4 0 0 0 0 0 The use of seat belts saves lives. We should continue to take every opportunity to get that message across.
In April this year we published a major package of measures aimed at improving pedestrian safety, which we intend to implement as quickly as possible.