HC Deb 25 November 2002 vol 395 c17W
37. Mr. Chope

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement about the number of fatalities in the construction industry in the last year for which figures are available. [81307]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

The number of fatal injuries to construction workers dropped to 79 in the period from April 2001 to March 2002 from 105 in the previous year, a 25 per cent, reduction.

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