§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many deaths have occurred on fairgrounds in the UK in each of the last 20 years. [139609]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 21 November 2000]: From the information readily available, the following numbers of fatalities were reported to HSE at fairgrounds in Great Britain, between 1 April 1986 and 31 March 2000:
Year Number 1986–87 1 1987–88 5 1988–89 1 1989–90 0 1990–91 3 1991–92 1 1992–93 1 1993–94 0 1994–95 4 1995–96 0 1996–97 1 1997–98 1 1998–99 0 1999–200011 1 1 Provisional figures Notes:
1. These data include total deaths to members of the public. employees and the self-employed, reported to HSE under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 and 1995.
2. Data before 1986–87 are not available.
3. Data are on a Great Britain basis only and not UK.
4. Data from 1986–1996 were collected on a different basis to later data—the two series are not directly comparable.
Source:
Health and Safety Executive