HC Deb 16 December 1996 vol 287 cc472-3W
Mr. Trimble

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list Northern Ireland Office expenditure for the years 1997–98 and 1998–99 broken down into the same categories as in his answer of 10 December,Official Report, column 130, to the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Mr. Waterson) showing, for each category, the corresponding figures and the percentage real terms change from the projections published in his answer of 11 December 1995, Official Report, columns 538–39, to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans). [9015]

Sir John Wheeler

The information requested is as follows:

Mr. Moss

[holding reply 6 December 1996]: The Melbourne declaration does not provide for formal endorsement by Government of its conclusions. Prevention of accidents and trauma is a key area in the Department of Health and Social Services' regional strategy for Northern Ireland. The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and the Department of Health and Social Services also published a strategy in July 1995 to reduce fatal and serious road traffic accident casualties.