§ Mr. Skeffingtonasked the Minister of Transport what is the total cost of the road safety campaign for the years 1946–47 and 1947–48 under the headings, advertising, outdoor publicity and films, subsidies to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents on the basis of excess of expenditure over receipts, grants made by his Department to local authorities, and approved expenditure by local authorities, respectively.
§ Mr. BarnesThe payments made from the Road Fund in the years 1946–47 and 1947–48 in respect of the road safety campaign were as follow:
— 1946–47 1947–48 £ £ Advertising 132,000 203,000 Outdoor Publicity 113,000 244,000 Films — 9,000 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. 74,000 96,000 Payments made on account of grants to local authorities (see note). 5,000 60,000 Highway Code (expenditure less receipts). 32,000 34,000 TOTAL 356,000 646,000 Note.—The total estimated cost of road safety propaganda schemes submitted by local authorities and approved for 50 per cent. grant from the Road Fund was £230,000 in 1946–47 (the first full year of the propaganda campaign) and £348,000 in 1947–48. The payments are less than 50 per cent. of the approved expenditure mainly because of the time lag in the presentation of claims and partly because the approved expenditure was not fully incurred.