§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatalities there have been in UK waters in each of the last two years involving jet skis. [83318]
§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 25 November 2002]HM Coastguard incident reports record a total of 494 incidents involving Personal Watercraft between January 2000 and 22 November 2002 around the UK coastline. One fatality was recorded. A breakdown by year is provided in the following table.
Year Number of incidents Number of fatalities 2000 150 0 2001 179 0 20021 165 1 1 To 22 November 2002