asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to the reply by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Derbyshire, South (Mrs. Currie) on 26 November, Official Report, column 295, whether he will give a breakdown of the figures provided in tables (1) and (2) by the type of animal which inflicted the injuries on the people concerned; and if he will also give the figures as to the total injuries caused to people by each category of animal; and what advice his Department gives on attacks by animals.

[pursuant to her reply, 4 March 1987, c. 623–4]: Exact figures on injuries by specific animal or category of animal are not available. However, table 1 shows for the three countries combined an estimation of the number of hospitals discharges and deaths resulting from injury caused by those categories of animals which may be identified separately. The number of accidental deaths caused by specified animals is shown in table 2.