§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many local authorities have run reduced price schemes for cycle helmets in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleNeither the Department nor local authorities keep a central record of these. We do, however, have information that, by the end of 1990, there were 76 local authorities and other organisations running low-cost cycle helmet schemes.
§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what initiative his Department is undertaking to promote the wearing of cycle helmets.
§ Mr. Kenneth CarlisleI am pleased to announce that on March 25 I launched a new television campaign to promote the wearing of cycle helmets, particularly by children.