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Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many deaths at work there were in (a) the UK and (b) Buckinghamshire in 2002. [105702]
Mr. Nicholas Brown
The number of deaths at work reported to the Health and Safety Executive and local authorities for 2002 is not yet confirmed. Provisional figures for 2001–02, as well as final figures for 2000–01 are as follows:
Table 1: The number of fatal injuries reported to HSE and local authorities 2000–01 to 2001–021 | ||
2000–01 | 2001–021 | |
Employee | 213 | 204 |
Self-employed | 79 | 45 |
Member of the public | 444 | 384 |
Total | 736 | 633 |
Table 2: The number of fatal injuries in Buckinghamshire1reported to HSE2and local authorities 2000–01 to 2001–021 | ||
2000–01 | 2001–021 | |
Employee | 4 | 3 |
Self-employed | 1 | — |
Member of the public | 4 | 2 |
Total | 9 | 5 |
1 Provisional | ||
2 County of Buckinghamshire identified by local authorities: Aylesbury; South Bucks; Chiltern; Wycombe and Milton Keynes Unitary Authority. |
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