HC Deb 14 February 1984 vol 54 cc150-1W
Mr. Fallon

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will give the number and value of regional development grants made in each standard planning region in each year since 1972.

Mr. Trippier

Table 1 shows, for each financial year since 1972–73, the amount of regional development grant paid in respect of each of the economic planning regions.

Table 2 shows the number of applications in respect of which grant was paid in each of those years, but an analysis of these by region would involve a disproportionate use of resources.

and screws, (f) fish, (g) marbles, (h) seeds, (i) fruit, (j) jewellery, (k) splinters, (l) pins, (m) sweets, (n) ballbearings, (o) bread, (p) pens, (q) pencils, (r) glass, (s) metal, (t) decorations, (u) false teeth, (v) bolts, (w) bags, (x) scented erasers and (y) other items, respectively; and if he will provide the comparable figures for each of the two previous years.

Mr. Alexander Fletcher

Data collected by the safety research section are from a rolling sample of 20 hospitals in England and Wales. Thus the year-by-year details may not be precisely comparable. The figures reported by the 20 accident and emergency departments are:

Article 1980 1981 1982
(a) Bones 298 408 282
(b) Money 142 168 130
(c) Toys 58 70 48
(d) Meat/poultry 45 67 54
(e) Nails/screws/tacks 43 59 33
(f) Fish 37 98 57
(g) Marbles 36 62 34
(h) Seeds 31 6 12
(i) Fruit 28 30 43
(j) Jewellery 24 41 35
(k) Splinters 20 36 22
(l) Pins* 46 56 38
(m) Sweets/chewing gum 17 28 26
(n) Ball bearings 15 31 10
(o) Bread/cakes 15 15 15
(p/q) Pens/pencils/nibs† 11 11 13
(r) Drinking glass 10 5 12
(s) Metal (piece of) 9 14 2
(t) Decorations 8 12 10
(u) False teeth 8 12 6
(v) Bolts, nuts 6 11 3
(w) Bag‡ 6 4 1
(x) Erasers/rubbers║ 0 2 0
(y) Other items¶ 286 471 375
* Dressmaking/safety/drawing.
† All one code.
‡ Shopping, sports, etc.
║ Not known if scented.
¶ Includes items other than the item actually swallowed. More than one item may be involved in one accident.