HC Deb 20 May 1996 vol 278 c82W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will discuss with the Department of Transport the requirement on national health service trusts to implement a policy of child restraints in all vehicles used for the transport of children. [29550]

Mr. Norris

I have been asked to reply.

There are several hundred NHS trusts in England which, although accountable to the Secretary of State for Health, have considerable autonomy over their day-to-day operations. Some trusts may have their own guidelines on child restraints, although I have no details on this. However, the Department of Health has informed me that it has no plans to issue any specific guidelines.