§ Ms Oona KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many child pedestrians from social class(a) five and (b) one have been killed in each of the last five years. [39967]
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£ Allocation per weighted head of population Allocation per unweighted head of population Health authority 2001–02 2002–03 2001–02 2002–03 Avon 727 809 684 751 Barking and Havering 746 814 778 849 Barnet' 716 n/a 703 n/a Barnet, Enfield and Haringey' n/a 798 n/a 846 Barnsley 722 808 795 887 Bedfordshire 706 775 645 714 Berkshire 711 776 626 685 Bexley and Greenwich1 789 n/a 800 n/a Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich' n/a 858 n/a 856 Birmingham 745 821 784 867 Bradford 737 809 767 842 Brent and Harrow 738 843 768 889 Bromley1 747 n/a 717 n/a Buckinghamshire 715 784 617 677 Bury and Rochdale 740 817 775 852 Calderdale and Kirklees 743 809 755 820 Cambridgeshire 713 791 632 693 Camden and Islington 750 867 1,016 1,204 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 751 829 752 827 County Durham 730 804 808 884 Coventry 733 809 757 834
§ Ruth KellyI have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Ms Oona King, dated 4 March 2002:
As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your question concerning how many child pedestrians from Social Class (a) five and (b) one have been killed in each of the last five years. (39967)The figures requested are given in the table below:
Number of deaths occurring to child1 pedestrians2 in social class3 one (SCI) and five (SC V), England and Wales, calendar years 1996 to 20004 Calendar Year Fathers in professional occupations (SC I) Fathers in unskilled occupations (SC V) 1996 3 2 1997 7 5 1998 8 3 1996 3 6 2000 5 2 1 Children were classified as deaths occurring to persons aged 0 to 15. 2 Defined as deaths where the underlying cause indicated that a pedestrian was involved in a land transport accident. Deaths from land transport accidents were defined using codes E800-E829 from the International Classification of Diseases Ninth Revision. 3 Registrar General's Social Class based on occupation. Father's Social Class is used for children under 16. 4 Data are for occurrences of death per calendar year.