HC Deb 30 March 1993 vol 222 c166W
Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many local authorities have run reduced price schemes for cycle helmets in each year since 1980.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

Neither the Department nor local authorities keep a central record of these. We do, however, have information that, by the end of 1990, there were 76 local authorities and other organisations running low-cost cycle helmet schemes.

Miss Lestor

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what initiative his Department is undertaking to promote the wearing of cycle helmets.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

I am pleased to announce that on March 25 I launched a new television campaign to promote the wearing of cycle helmets, particularly by children.

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