§ Mr. Denis Howellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what statistics are available to him concerning the number of falls from windows, including the number of deaths that result; and, if such figures are not available, whether he will take steps to collect them;
(2) how many accidents have occurred as a result of people falling from the windows in high-rise blocks of flats within a six-mile radius of the centre of Birmingham and in the Small Heath constituency since 1973; and how many deaths have resulted.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThere are no statistics available within my Department about the number of falls from domestic windows either on a national basis or for these areas of Birmingham.
Some of the data for such statistics is, however, collected under the department of prices and consumer protection "Home Accident Surveillance System".