HC Deb 29 March 1972 vol 834 cc88-9W
Mr. MacArthur

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can now give the figures of recorded injuries caused by fireworks during the last guising season.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Fifty-five persons received hospital treatment for in-

FIREWORK INJURIES IN SCOTLAND
1971 1970 1969
A. Place where injury occurred
(i) Family or private party 13 10 21
(ii) Public or semi-public party in park or open space 7 6 5
(iii) Casual incident in street 24 26 41
(iv) Other place 6 5 10
(v) Unknown 5 2 13
B. Type of firework involved
(i) Banger 18 20 42
(ii) Rocket 8 7 8
(iii) Jumping Cracker 5 2 6
(iv) Display firework, e.g. Roman Candle or Coloured fires etc. 9 7 9
(v) Home-made or Extracted Powder 2 1 1
(vi) Other than above 3 2 6
(vii) Unknown 10 10 18
C. Age group of persons injured
(i) Over 21 4 10 9
(ii) 16–20 3 2 3
(iii) 13–15 17 12 17
(iv) Under 13 31 25 61
D. Severity of Injury
(i) Died 0 0 0
(ii) Detained more than one night 7 8 19
(iii) Other severe injury 0 1
(iv) Minor injury 48 37 70
(v) Unknown 0 3 1