HC Deb 27 November 1997 vol 301 cc623-4W
Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will estimate the proportion by region of local authority owned dwellings fitted with smoke alarms. [17616]

Mr. Raynsford

In 1996 the proportion of local authority homes in each region estimated to be fitted with smoke alarms was as follows:

Region Percentage with smoke detectors 1996
North-east 55
Yorkshire and the Humber 54
North-west 69
Region Percentage with smoke detectors 1996
East Midlands 66
West Midlands 68
South-west 71
Eastern 56
South-east 80
London 41
Merseyside 55
England 66