HC Deb 28 February 1991 vol 186 cc558-9W
Mr. Ashley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the annual number of child deaths due to bedding fires in each of the last five years.

Mr. Dorrell

The figures for the latest available five years are set out in the table.

Death from burning bed-clothes (ICD code E898.0), age 0–14 years, England and Wales, 1985–1989.
Year Number
1985 2
1986 8
1987 2

Year Number
1988
1989 4

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