§ Mr. Wallaceasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is currently spent on road safety by (i) Government and (ii) local authorities (a) in total, (b) on public information. (c) on research and (d) on road engineering.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyPublic expenditure on road safety can be either specific — for example, the cost of the national rolling publicity campaign—or part of the costs of wider functions of which casualty reduction is one element—for example, road construction and improvement. An analysis for 1982–83 was provided to the Transport Committee (Minutes of Evidence: 12 March 1984: 286–ii). I am sending the hon. Member an updated set of figures.