Water: Death

(asked on 12th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of data from (1) the Royal Life Saving Society, and (2) the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, that there were at least 50 water-related deaths between June and 16 August this year; and what steps they will take to enhance prevention measures for water-related deaths in the future.


Answered by
Baroness Stedman-Scott Portrait
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Opposition Whip (Lords)
This question was answered on 26th October 2022

No formal assessment has been made from the data. However, the Cabinet Office are leading on a cross-government exercise on inland water safety.

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