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Injuries: Reindeer

Commons · Question 89679 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Dyke

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

Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Nov 2025

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 ...