§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what measures are being planned in areas where school transport is being cut back to increase the road safety of the children who may be walking or cycling to school, often on trunk roads.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI have been asked to reply.
PERCENTAGE INCREASES Gross domestic Money supply† product* United Kingdom Ireland Ireland‡ Sterling M3§ M2≑ M2≑ 1970 … … … … 3.2 6.9 7.4 10.4 1971 … … … … 4.1 10.9 10.6 6.3 1972 … … … … 5.7 21.9 24.2 10.2 1973 … … … … 4.6 23.1 24.1 19.7 1974 … … … … 2.1 18.5 21.9 18.7 1975 … … … … 1.2 9.6 9.3 19.5 1976 … … … … 2.9 8.1 10.6 18.3 1977 … … … … 5.5 8.0 10.3 15.5 1978 … … … … Not available 15.1 14.4 18.5 * At constant market prices; percentage increase compared with year before. † Percentage increase in amount outstanding at mid-year compared with a year earlier. ‡ Source: National Accounts of OECD Countries 1952–1977, Volume 1, Main Aggregates. § Figures equivalent to Sterling M3 are not available for Ireland. ≑ Source: International Financial Statistics; defined for the United Kingdom as M3 less centra government deposits with banks and for Ireland as a comparable aggregate. Comparisons between the figures for the two money supplies should be made with some caution because of the de facto partial monetary union between the two countries until recently.