Written question asked by Christopher Chope (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 December 2004. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 December 2004 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's publicity budget for road safety is in the current year; and what his Department's expenditure on road safety publicity was in each of the last seven years. - Including figures and fact that individual figures for each of the last seven years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. (Holding answer 13 December 2004).

Answer: Mr. Chope: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's publicity budget for road safety is in the current year; and what his Department's expenditure on road safety publicity was in each of the last seven years. [203989] Mr. Jamieson: [holding answer 13 December 2004]: The Department's publicity budget for road safety has increased from circa £6 million in 1997 to a budget of £14.1 million in this fiscal year, reflecting the increased commitment to publicity outlined in "Tomorrow's Roads Safer for Everyone" which was published in 2000 and set out the Government's road safety strategy and casualty reduction targets for 2010. The current Department for Transport was created in May 2002. Road safety publicity figures to support the THINK! road safety campaign were £14.9 million and £13.4 million in 2003-04 and 2002-03 respectively. Given Departmental reorganisations, individual figures for each of the last seven years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information