HC Deb 13 February 1969 vol 777 cc359-60W
55. Mr. Allason

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the incidence of firework accidents in each year since 1958.

Mr. Merlyn Rees

Between 1962, the earliest year for which statistics are available, and 1967 the total number of accidents caused by fireworks fell from 2,832 to 2,214, a reduction of some 21 per cent. Serious accidents fell from 988 to 353, a reduction of 64 per cent. Particulars for 1968 are not yet ready.