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Written question asked by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 5 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 March 2009. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Thursday, 12 March 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Injuries: Children

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham of 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 404W, on injuries: children, when the equivalent figures for the year 2007-08 will be available.
Answer

The information requested was published in the Hospital Episode Statistics in-patient publication on 25 February 2009. The data for finished admission episodes for deliberate and unintended injuries (age 0-15 inclusive) for 2007-08 are in the following table:

2007-08
Number
Unintended 121,713
Deliberate (intentional self-harm) 7,802
Deliberate (assault) 2,977
Other 572

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
489 c701W;489 c703W; 262520
Session
2008-09
Related items
Injuries: Children
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Children Injuries
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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