Fireworks: Injuries
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been injured by fireworks in each of the past five years.
Answered by Karin Smyth
The following table shows the number of hospital admissions due to “discharge of firework” in each of the past five financial years:
External causes admissions data: | |
Financial year | Discharge of firework |
2020/21 | 116 |
2021/22 | 132 |
2022/23 | 109 |
2023/24 | 113 |
2024/25 | 123 |
Source: Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity, available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity
These figures do not represent the total number of people injured by fireworks as data is not collected for those who do not attend accident and emergency or are not admitted.
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