Question reference: S3W-17548
- Asked by: Shirley-Anne Somerville, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 5 November 2008
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 November 2008
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many firework-related injuries were recorded in each of the last five years for which information is available, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
However, Scotland level results from the Department of Trade of Industry (DTI) Fireworks Injuries Enquiry for Great Britain are available up to 2005 at www.isdscotland.org/fireworks.
The UK-wide DTI survey has not taken place since 2005. Data consisted of all injuries caused by fireworks that required treatment in accident and emergency departments and burns/plastic surgery units in Scotland during a period spanning mid-October to mid-November when sales of fireworks are traditionally at their height. These data are not available at local authority level.
Data on hospital discharges as a result of a firework-related injury indicate that only a very small number of individuals are admitted to hospital for this reason each year. These admissions are spread across local authorities, the majority having less than five cases over the five year period 2003-04 to 2007-08. There is no particular pattern across areas or years.
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| Financial Year of Discharge | ||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08P | |
| Scotland | 9 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
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| Financial Year of Discharge |
| 2003-04 to 2007-08 P | |
| City of Edinburgh | 6 |
| Glasgow City | 9 |
| South Lanarkshire | 6 |
| All other Local Authorities | * |
PProvisional.
Source: ISD Scotland (SMR01).
Note: *Values of 0 to 4 are not included in these tables.