§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will make a statement about his response to goals for reducing traffic, home and occupational accidents by the year 2000 set out in target II of the World Health Organisation's "Targets for Health for All";
(2) if he will make a statement on his Department's contributions for the reduction in the incidence and severity of injury in transport accidents during European Road Safety Year.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe Department supports any measures designed to promote safety and to avoid accidents of every type. Officials have worked with the Department of Transport in their contribution to the European Road Safety Year and in road safety considerations generally. In that connection, we have continued to develop a major health education campaign to discourage drug misuse, and are expanding treatment and rehabilitation services for drug misusers. In September 1986, we contributed to an international symposium on young drivers: on alcohol and drug impairment.
We are assisting in preparation by the medical commission on accident prevention to hold a medical colloquium on behavioural aspects of accident prevention early in 1987. Consultation will also take place with other government Departments on progress towards the goals in target II of the World Health Organisation's "Health for All" initiative.