To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many fatalities there have been resulting from play activities in public playgrounds in the UK in each year since 1997. (136537)

The Health and Safety Executive is aware of four fatal accidents arising from play activities in playgrounds since 1997. Of these, two involved playground equipment (swings, in 1997 and 1999), one occurred in a school playground during a sports lesson (in 2001), and the last occurred in a skateboard park (in 2003).

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recorded injuries, excluding fatalities, there have been resulting from play activities in public playgrounds in the UK in each year since 1997; and what the nature of these injuries was. (136538)

This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.