Road Safety Publicity (Hansard, 26 March 2002)

§ Mr. McLoughlin
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much of his Department's road safety publicity budget was spent on television campaigns in 2001; and how much it intends to spend on television campaigns in 2002. [46235]

§ Dr. Whitehead
The Department committed approximately £5.2 million to its Think! road safety television campaigns in 2001–02. It is expected that a similar amount will be committed in 2002–03.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much money his Department spent on road safety publicity in 2001; and how much it intends to spend in 2002. [46234]

§ Dr. Whitehead
The Department committed approximately £12.9 million to the Think! road safety campaign in 2001–02. A budget of £13.4 million has been agreed for 2002–03.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much of his Department's road safety publicity budget was spent on radio campaigns in 2001; and how much it intends to spend on radio campaigns in 2002. [46239]

§ Dr. Whitehead
The Department committed approximately £2.2 million to radio campaigns in the year 2001–02. It is expected that a similar amount will be committed in 2002–03.