§ Mr. BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many cases 417W of nuisance caused by misuse of fireworks were reported to environmental service departments between January 1998 and January 1999. [84695]
§ Mr. MealeInformation on the number of cases reported to environmental service departments is not collected centrally.
§ Mr. BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many applications for authorisation and categorisation of fireworks to be imported to the United Kingdom there have been in each year since 1996; how many were(a) approved and (b) denied; and what were the categories involved in each case. [84696]
§ Mr. MealeThe applications received by the HSE for the classification and authorisation of fireworks since 1996 are as follows:
Year Number of Applications 1996 13 1997 54 1998 42 1999 14 No applications were refused. The fireworks covered by these applications were in any of the four British Standards categories.