Fire Safety (Hansard, 18 March 2002)

§ Tim Loughton
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions when he last made an assessment of fire safety at Shoreham Harbour. [43710]

§ Dr. Whitehead
[holding answer 15 March 2002]: Inspections of workplaces in respect of general fire precautions are carried out by local fire authorities. Inspections are made of individual premises and other workplaces and recorded as such. Consequently it is not possible to give a date for inspection of the harbour as a whole. The last inspection of a premises in the harbour area was of a factory subject to a fire certificate under the Fire Precautions Act 1971. This was carried out on 19 February 2002.

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many fire-related deaths in dwellings in Buckinghamshire there were in each year since 1997. [43290]

§ Dr. Whitehead
The information requested is contained in the table and refers to those fires, which the Buckinghamshire fire and rescue service attended between 1997 and 2000.

Fire-related deaths by location, attended by Buckinghamshire fire and rescue service, 1997–2000

Total deaths Dwelling¹ Other buildings Other outdoors

1997 12 7 2 3

1998 2 2 — —

1999 5 4 1 —

2000² 10 7 — 3

¹ Dwellings are defined as buildings occupied by households, excluding hotels, hostels and residential institutions. They also include caravans, houseboats and other non-building structures used solely as a permanent dwelling.

² 2000 data are provisional, and are subject to revision as later information from inquests and death certificates confirming cause of death is received.

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will list fire stations which have(a) opened and (b) closed in Buckinghamshire since 1997. [43291]

§ Dr. Whitehead
No fire stations have opened or closed in Buckinghamshire during this period.

Fire-related deaths by location, attended by Buckinghamshire fire and rescue service, 1997–2000
	Total deaths	Dwelling¹	Other buildings	Other outdoors
1997	12	7	2	3
1998	2	2	—	—
1999	5	4	1	—
2000²	10	7	—	3
¹ Dwellings are defined as buildings occupied by households, excluding hotels, hostels and residential institutions. They also include caravans, houseboats and other non-building structures used solely as a permanent dwelling.
² 2000 data are provisional, and are subject to revision as later information from inquests and death certificates confirming cause of death is received.