HC Deb 15 December 1983 vol 50 cc567-8W
Mr. Ottaway

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what financial savings have been made by the National Health Service as a direct result of the reduction in numbers of road casualties following the introduction of the compulsory wearing of seat belts;

(2) what staff savings have been made in the National Health Service as a direct result of the reduction in numbers of road casualties following the introduction of the compulsory wearing of seat belts.

Mr. John Patten

I refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Deakins) on 13 December—[Vol. 50, c. 834–35.]