HC Deb 29 January 1979 vol 961 c312W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the cost saving to the National Health Service if all drivers and front seat passengers wore seats belts.

Mr. Moyle

No recent estimate is available. An estimate made in 1977 using 1975 data suggested that if all drivers and front seat passengers wore seat belts the saving to the National Health Service in Great Britain might be of the order of £5.3 million—£7.2 million at November 1978 prices.