§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now list for all fire authority areas in England
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Fire Authority Estimated number of Hotels and Boarding-Houses in Area(1) Fire Certificate Applications(2) Premises Inspected(3) Certificates Issued(4) Estimated number of Premises that have not applied(5) Avon … … … 747 607 220 117 140 Bedfordshire … … … 76 76 76 36 — Berkshire … … … 121 121 118 72 — Buckinghamshire … … … 94 88 76 18 6 Cambridgeshire … … … 136 136 118 91 — Cheshire … … … 171 150 149 105 21 Cleveland … … … 147 132 108 49 15 Clwyd … … … 333 283 228 101 50 Cornwall … … … 5,032 3,566 1,091 416 1,466 Cumbria … … … 1,685 1,585 910 205 100 Derbyshire … … … 213 188 188 51 25 Devon … … … 4,308 4,308 1,076 245 — Dorset … … … 4,803 2,803 270 104 2,000 Durham … … … 85 85 85 63 — Dyfed … … … 891 791 306 71 100 Essex … … … 398 338 328 274 60 Mid Glamorgan … … … 54 54 50 14 — South Glamorgan … … … 105 89 68 21 16 West Glamorgan … … … 174 174 171 53 — Gloucestershire … … … 470 470 332 91 — Greater London … … … 2,032 1,532 1,512 949 500 Greater Manchester … … 229 229 225 133 — Gwent … … … 141 141 50 21 — Gwynedd … … … 1,329 1,329 417 131 — Hampshire … … … 989 989 360 121 — Hereford and Worcester … … 321 266 89 33 55 Hertfordshire … … … 137 137 79 35 — Humberside … … … 1,696 596 257 174 1,100 Kent … … … 1,599 1,336 598 304 263 Lancashire … … … 3,387 2,887 1,615 1,157 500 Leicestershire … … … 137 137 72 34 — Lincolnshire … … … 327 306 281 216 21 Merseyside … … … 285 245 215 164 40 Norfolk … … … 1,104 1,104 562 352 — Northamptonshire … … 58 58 58 34 — Northumberland … … … 145 138 136 82 7 Nottinghamshire … … … 122 122 106 62 — Oxfordshire … … … 230 217 109 56 13 Powys … … … 320 220 37 3 100 Salop … … … 113 113 113 77 — Scilly Isles … … … 75 75 23 8 — Somerset … … … 522 522 102 26 — Staffordshire … … … 140 140 134 82 — Suffolk … … … 332 282 203 62 50 Surrey … … … 171 171 165 74 — East Sussex … … … 1,055 1,055 504 284 — West Sussex … … … 550 350 195 37 200 and Wales (a) the number of hotels and boarding-houses in their areas, (b) the numbers that have applied for certification under the provisions of the Fire Precaution Act 1971, (c) the number that have been inspected, (d) the number that have had certificates issued, (e) the number that have been refused certificates, and (f) the number of hotels and boarding-houses which have not applied to be inspected.
§ Dr. SummerskillAccording to information provided by fire authorities the position on 31st December 1975 was as follows:
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Fire Authority Estimated number of Hotels and Boarding-Houses in Area(1) Fire Certificate Applications(2) Premises Inspected(3) Certificates Issued(4) Estimated number of premises that have not applied(5) Tyne and Wear … … … 225 205 196 83 20 Warwickshire … … … 188 183 181 152 5 West Midlands … … … 318 318 264 167 — Wight, Isle of … … … 1,933 933 203 96 1,000 Wiltshire … … … 188 148 125 46 40 North Yorkshire … … … 1,707 1,627 591 152 80 south Yorkshire … … … 107 107 103 45 — West Yorkshire … … … 211 211 208 120 — Totals … … … 42,466 34,473 16,056 7,769 7,993 Notes:
(i) The figures in column (1) have been compiled by adding columns (2) and (5) together.
(ii) The figures in columns (2) and (3) do not include premises found on inspection to be outside the scope of the Fire Precautions (Hotels and Boarding Houses) Order 1972 or subsequently taken outside the scope of the order.
(iii) Fire authorities have no precise information about cases of failure to apply for a fire certificate: the figures in columns (5) and (1) should, therefore, be regarded as only rough estimates.
(iv) Since there is no direct power of refusal of a fire certificate, fire authorities returns do not include information on this point.