§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many men, how many women and how many children were treated in hospitals in the United Kingdom for accidents caused by lawn-mowers and by hedge-trimmers, respectively, during each of the last 10 years for which records are available.
§ Mr. John FraserI regret that this information is not available. During the first 12 months' operation of the home370W accident surveillance system set up by my Department in January 1977 a total of 60,534 home accidents were recorded by the 20 participating hospitals. Of these 209 involved lawn-mowers and 101 involved hedge-trimmers. Very few of these accidents resulted in in-patient treatment. The analysis for men, women and children is as follows:
Men Women Children under 15 Lawn-mowers 135 48 26 Hedge-trimmers 83 16 2
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will institute a campaign to warn users of lawn-mowers and of hedge-trimmers, respectively, of the courses which should be taken to avoid accidents when using this equipment.
§ Mr. John FraserMy Department will keep the need for publicity on the safe use of lawn-mowers and hedge-trimmers in mind when considering its future home safety publicity programmes.