HC Deb 20 March 2001 vol 365 cc113-4W
15. Mr. Andy King

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on road safety. [152922]

Mr. Robert Ainsworth

The Government launched their new road safety strategy for Great Britain, "Tomorrow's Roads—Safer for Everyone", in March 2000. This included targets to reduce overall deaths and serious injuries by 40 per cent. and to reduce child deaths and serious injuries by 50 per cent. by 2010, compared with the average for 1994 to 1998,together with details of many policies and initiatives that will help to achieve them.

33. Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make further funds available to enable the provision of additional traffic calming road safety schemes. [152941]

Mr. Hill

We have made £8.4 billion available for local transport improvements over the next five years with £2.8 billion available for small-scale measures. In 2001–02 the total allocation, from which spending on traffic calming could be made, is £559 million. It is for individual

authorities to decide expenditure on traffic calming schemes. I see no reason at present to provide additional funds.