HC Deb 11 July 1989 vol 156 c464W
Mr. John Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were killed on roads in(a) Merseyside and (b) St. Helens for each of the last five years; how many of those killed were children or pedestrians or both; how many were sitting in the rear seats of motor vehicles and unstrapped; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

[holding answer 10 July 1989]: The following table show the number of deaths in road accidents for each of the last five years for which complete information is available, broken down as requested, for (a) Merseyside and (b) St. Helens.

taken during the first three months of this year indicates that disqualification for unemployment benefit in circumstances generally known as "voluntary unemployment" was imposed for the full 26-week period in' less than two-thirds of the cases. The sample included those disqualified for leaving employment without just cause. The full information obtained from the monitoring exercises is currently being analysed and the results will be published shortly.