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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many fire-related (a) injuries, (b) accident and emergency attendances, (c) ambulance calls, (d) fire service call-outs and (e) police calls were reported over the Halloween period in the Province in each of the last 10 years. [202044] Angela Smith: The number of fire-related injuries, ambulance calls and fire service call-outs that were reported over the Halloween period in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years is detailed in the following table. Information about accident and emergency attendances by reason is not collected centrally and the number of police calls could only be provided at disproportionate cost. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (a) Injuries (b) Accident and (c) Ambulance calls (d) Fire service (e) Police calls emergency call-outs attendances 2004 n/a n/a 29 3161 n/a 2003 16 n/a 41 3582 n/a 2002 21 n/a 41 2940 n/a 2001 15 n/a 59 3697 n/a 2000 11 n/a 57 2807 n/a 1999 15 n/a 49 2944 n/a 1998 24 n/a 68 n/a n/a 1997 13 n/a 42 n/a n/a 1996 11 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1995 14 n/a n/a n/a n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a=not available Source: (a) Hospital Inpatient System; (c) Northern Ireland Ambulance Service; (d) Fire Authority for Northern Ireland. The Halloween period has been taken to be 11 October to 8 November in each year. Information for (a) relating to 2004 is not available. Information for (c) relating to 1995 and 1996 is not available due to changes in information technology systems. Information for (d) 1995-98 is not readily available.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

202044; 428 c1006-7W;428 c1007W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Injuries Emergency calls Fires Northern Ireland Halloween

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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