§ Mr. MacArthurasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children have been the victims of road accidents during the hours of extra darkness and extra light respectively, following the introduction of British Standard Time; what were the comparable figures for these same times, in each of the five previous years; and what study he has made of the comparable road and climatic conditions over the whole of this period.
§ Mr. RossFigures are available only for the months of November, December and January in 1967–68 and in 1968–69. In these two periods the child casualties in the morning and evening were as follows:
November to January Fatal Serious Slight Total 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. 1968–69 1 33 69 103 1967–68 2 22 71 95 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 1968–69 7 117 249 373 1967–68 10 113 238 361 Valid comparisons of climatic conditions in the two periods are difficult to make, but traffic increased by about 4 per cent.
§ Mr. MacArthurasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now send a circular to local education authorities in Scotland in order to obtain their views of the British Standard Time experiment.
§ Mr. RossI would refer the hon. Member to the Answer given on 5th February by my hon. Friend the Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.—[Vol. 777, c. 374.]