§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much is being spent by her Department on child accident prevention in the current financial year.
§ Mr. YeoThe cost of the accident prevention work carried out within the national health service cannot he precisely calculated. In 1992–93 we awarded a grant of £103,000 per year for three years to the Child Accident Prevention Trust towards its central administrative costs. In 1993–94 we have awarded the trust a project grant of £10,000 per year for three years towards the cost of a project to promote the adoption of accident prevention measures by health and local authorities.