HC Deb 01 July 1992 vol 210 cc640-1W
Mr. Gerrard

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from the toy industry regarding delays in publication of statistics for accidents in the home.

Mr. Leigh

No representations have been received from the toy industry regarding delays in the publication of statistics on accidents in the home.

Mr. Gerrard

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the hospitals surveyed by his Department for the production of statistics on accidents in the home.

Mr. Leigh

The hospitals currently collecting data for the home accident surveillance system (HASS) are as follows:

  • North Tees general hospital, Stockton-on-Tees
  • Luton and Dunstable hospital, Luton
  • Skegness and District hospital, Skegness
  • Selly Oak hospital, Birmingham
  • Prince Charles hospital, Merthyr Tydfil
  • Royal Berkshire hospital, Reading
  • Mount Vernon hospital, Hillingdon
  • Macclesfield district general, Macclesfield
  • Manor hospital, Nuneaton
  • William Harvey hospital, Ashford, Kent
  • Blackburn royal infirmary, Blackburn
  • Daisy Hill hospital, Newry, Co. Down
  • Monklands district hospital, Airdrie
  • Kings Collegee hospital, Denmark Hill
  • Hereford general hospital, Hereford
  • Queen Mary's university hospital, Roehampton
  • Airedale general hospital, Keighley
  • Bournemouth general hospital, Bournemouth
  • NB The North Devon district hospital, Barnstaple will replace William Harvey hospital in November 1992.

Mr. Gerrard

To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to publish statistics for accidents in the home for the years 1990 and 1991.

Mr. Leigh

The target dates for publication of the Department's home accident surveillance system statistics for the years specified are as follows:

  • 1990: October 31 1992
  • 1991: July 31 1993