§ Dr. M. S. Millerasked the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the total expenditure on the advertising campaign relating to seat belts undertaken by his Department in each year from 1979–80 to 1982–83; how much has been spent so far in 1983–84; how much is
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 April 1983 £ £ £ £ £ (a) total seat belt publicity expenditure 1,758,200 341,500 1,584,450 *689,950 Nil (b) total road safety publicity expenditure 5,616,900 5,142,100 5,016,500 *4,442,300 *550,000 percentage percentage percentage percentage percentage (c) (a) as percentage of (b) 31.3 6.6 31.6 15.5 Nil *Estimated. There is no allocation for seat belt publicity in 1983–84. The road safety publicity budget for 1983–84 is £5,583,700.