To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the cost to the national health service during the last 12 months of attending to people not wearing seat belts who were injured in road accidents; and if she will make a statement. (83202)

The Government do not have an estimate of the cost to the national health service of attending to people involved in road accidents, who were not wearing seat belts. However, the wearing of seat belts is estimated to prevent over 2,000 road fatalities each year.