§ Liz BlackmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what research his Department has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the relationship between Government spending on transport safety and casualty rates. [6253]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe Department has not directly commissioned any research of this kind. However, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA), as part of the work programme for which they receive a grant from the Department, have recently carried out a survey of Local Authorities covering spending on transport safety in relation to accident rates. The results are not yet available and therefore have not been evaluated.
191WThe Department commissioned the Transport Research Laboratory to carry out research into the cost effectiveness of individual local authority safety schemes financed from the local transport capital settlement since 1992–93. The TRL report shows that the overall first year rate of return from 212 schemes in 12 authorities averaged 190 per cent.