HC Deb 20 November 1987 vol 122 cc699-700W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport by what criteria the Government fund(a) 12 per cent. of West Yorkshire's public transport expenditure and (b) 36 per cent. of the expenditure of most other passenger transport authorities.

Mr. Channon

Like all other local authorities, the block grant allocation of each passenger transport authority death, excluding motor cycles, were recorded in England and Wales involving drivers between the ages of 17 and 18 years for the latest available year.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

In 1986 there were 16,378 recorded accidents in England and Wales where(a) one or more drivers or cyclists were aged 17 or 18; and (b) no two-wheeled motor vehicle was involved.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents involving personal injury or death, excluding motor cycles, were recorded in England and Wales for the latest available year.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

In 1986 the number or recorded accidents in England and Wales involving death or personal injury which did not involve a two-wheeled motor vehicle was 215,240.