§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish figures on the number of recorded accidents around the United Kingdom coasts involving(a) speedboats and (b) jet skis, and the number of non-speedboat/jet ski users who have been (i) killed, (ii) seriously injured and (iii) received minor injuries in such incidents in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. NorrisMy Department does not hold the required statistics. The best readily available information is from accident records held by the Department of Trade and Industry. The most recent of these show that in 1990 there were five accidents at sea involving jet skis and one involving a motor boat which resulted in personal injury. None of the injuries was classified as serious.