§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the 1988 figures on the causes and consequences of accidents in the home were due to be published; when he now intends to publish them; and if he will give the reasons for the delay.
§ Mr. Redwood[holding answer 23 October 1990]: The 12th report of the home accident surveillance system (HASS) covering 1988 data is expected to be published in November 1990, which is later than projected. A number of factors have contributed to delay, principally the extension of the system to cover leisure accidents in order to collect data that can be supplied to the European Commission for the EHLASS (European home and leisure accident surveillance system) demonstration project. The introduction of leisure accident surveillance into HASS has required extensive and complex changes to the computer system handling HASS data. Work is well advanced to replace the current HASS computer system to ensure these problems do not recur in the future.