Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Saturday, 26 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 31 October 2002. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Thursday, 31 October 2002 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths and serious injuries have been caused by fireworks in the UK in each of the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement. - Includes table for 1990-2001.

Answer: Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths and serious injuries have been caused by fireworks in the UK in each of the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement. [76151] Miss Melanie Johnson: I have been asked to reply. The years for which the number of deaths and injuries from fireworks are available are specified in the table. These figures are extracted from the annual DTI firework injuries statistics based on returns from the accident and emergency departments of hospitals in Great Britain. They are collected over a 4-week period in October and November each year. Serious injuries are not separately identified in the statistics. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Overall firework injuries Deaths from firework injuries 1990 805 0 1991 723 0 1992 942 0 1993 1,058 0 1994 1,574 0 1995 1,529 0 1996 1,233 0 1997 908 0 1998 831 0 1999 1,056 0 2000 972 2 2001 1,362 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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