§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer of 19 April 2002,Official Report, column 1202W, whether her Department's research considered the incidence of domestic episodes not notified to doctors involving children placing in their mouths small parts from toys embedded in confectionery. [57269]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe research analysed non-fatal and fatal choking cases over a ten-year period (1986–1996) involving children under four years of age who were seen in an A&E department of a hospital participating in my Department's Home Accident Surveillance System. The research also analysed data 53W from the Home Accident Death database. It would not be feasible to collect data about every single incident in the UK that does not result in a visit to a hospital A&E department.
§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer of 19 April 2002,Official Report, column 1202W, what evidence her Department has collated on the impact embedding a toy within chocolate products has on its odour; and if she will make a statement. [57310]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe manufacturer of the leading brand has provided the Department with research which confirms that the smell of the chocolate does not migrate to the toy because of the capsule contained within the egg.
§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her answer of 19 April 2002,Official Report, column 1203W, what action she intends to take in cases where manufacturers breach DTI safety labelling guidelines. [57309]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonDay-to-day enforcement of safety legislation is undertaken by trading standards officers who have the appropriate powers to take action if the necessary labelling is not present.