§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the budgeted expenditure for 1984–85 on road safety research in the following categories: road safety, vehicle design, construction and safety and highway engineering; and if he will provide an estimate of the proportion of the total expenditure on road safety research relating to work on reducing accidents and casualties.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe budgeted expenditure on road safety research for 1984–85 is £4,410,000, of which £1,640,000 relates to road user safety, £1,420,000 to vehicle design, construction and safety and £1,350,000 to highway engineering safety improvements. All the expenditure is related to work on reducing accidents and casualties. In addition, £1,600,000 is budgeted in 1984–85 for research on general highway engineering projects in which road safety considerations are a factor. The proportion of this expenditure related to reducing accidents and casualties is estimated at 40 per cent.