§ Mr. Ennalsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young children have drowned in unsupervised private swimming pools since 1975; and whether he will introduce legislation to provide greater protection.
§ Mr. MayhewPublished drowning statistics cover only the years 1975 to 1980 and are not broken down to show this category of drowning deaths; but it has been possible to extract the following data for the years 1978 to 1980:
Deaths by drowning of children aged 14 or under at unsupervised private swimming pools Private/Commercial Domestic Total 1978 2 11 13 1979 4 8 12 1980 2 10 12 We have no proposals for legislation in this field.