Written question asked by Karl Turner (Labour) on Monday, 8 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 October 2018. It was answered by Nusrat Ghani (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 October 2018 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Boating: Accidents
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2018 to Question 170303 on Boating: Accidents, if he will publish the data held by the Department on the number of incidents involving a fatality where alcohol was believed to be a factor.
- Answer
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Since January 2016, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has recorded data taken from Coroners’ Reports that are in the public domain about boating accidents involving a fatality and where the Coroner has concluded that alcohol was a factor.
Figures held by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency are as per table below
Total Number of Boating Fatalities
Those Involving Alcohol
2016
8
1
2017
8
5
No figures are yet available from Coroners’ for 2018.
Secondary information
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- Written question
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- 176256
- Session
- 2017-19
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- Subjects
- Alcoholic drinks Accidents Boating Misuse
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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