§ Mr Strangasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many deaths and serious injuries have occurred on farms in each of the past 10 years in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr Peter MorrisonThe following table lists the number of deaths which have occurred as a result of agricultural operations in the United Kingdom during the period 1972–81:
Numbers 1972 119 1973 132 1974 124 1975 117 1976 124 1977 115 1978 87 1979 106 1980 89 1981 87 The figures include a number, believed small, of fatalities arising from industrial diseases contracted on farms in Great Britain. The Northern Ireland element of the figures refers strictly to accidental deaths. Until 1981, records of non-fatal injuries on farms did not specifically distinguish those which involved serious injuries, and in any case related only to employees. The results for 1981 are not yet available.