HC Deb 08 March 2001 vol 364 c273W
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many(a) fatal accidents and (b) accidents requiring an overnight stay in hospital there were on construction sites in each Government region in the last three years. [152640]

1997–98 1998–99 1999–20001
Region Fatal Major/Non-fatal Fatal Major/non-fatal Fatal Major/Non-fatal
North 5 282 0 287 2 311
North West 15 576 12 546 9 559
Yorkshire and Humberside 7 430 5 484 8 426
West Midlands 7 331 7 365 3 378
East Midlands 4 347 3 336 5 284
East Anglia 0 142 4 188 3 164
South West 5 365 4 380 10 419
South East 12 761 11 799 13 824
Greater London 12 635 9 744 15 815
Wales 7 285 6 261 3 273
Scotland 12 511 7 644 14 587
Total 86 4,665 68 5,034 85 5,040
1 The figures for 1999–2000 are provisional.