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Mr. Ennals
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young children have drowned in unsupervised private swimming pools since 1975; and whether he will introduce legislation to provide greater protection.
Mr. Mayhew
Published drowning statistics cover only the years 1975 to 1980 and are not broken down to show this category of drowning deaths; but it has been possible to extract the following data for the years 1978 to 1980:
| Deaths by drowning of children aged 14 or under at unsupervised private swimming pools | |||
| Private/Commercial | Domestic | Total | |
| 1978 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 1979 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 1980 | 2 | 10 | 12 |