Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 89679

Injuries: Reindeer

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Dyke

Liberal DemocratGlastonbury and Somerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many injuries were caused due to reindeers in the UK over the past year.

Answer

Karin Smyth
This information is not collected centrally. NHS England does not record hospital admissions specifically caused by reindeer. The closest available data is for admissions with the external cause ‘Bitten or struck by other mammals’. In 2024/25, there were ...

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