HC Deb 05 December 1968 vol 774 cc541-2W
Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a comparative tabulation of the statistics his Department has collected of fireworks casualties over the last seven years by age-group and types of firework and injuries.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to a similar Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Blackley (Mr. Rose) on 7th March, 1968. No statistics are available for the years prior to 1962.—[Vol. 760,c. 131–21

Mr. Faulds

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide a statistical breakdown of the figures of fireworks casualties this year.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

The firework accident statistics for the period including 5th November, 1968 are not yet available. My right hon. Friend hopes to be able to publish these early in the New Year.