§ Dr. Winstanleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of deaths and serious injuries caused directly or indirectly by fire in the years 1956 and 1966, respectively.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsStatistics compiled by the Registrar General show that in England and Wales there were 672 deaths from fire in 1956, and 793 in 1965, the latest year for which figures are available. The only records of injuries in fires are those obtained from the reports of fire brigades and relate to non-fatal casualties in fires attended by brigades. In 1956 fire brigades in England and Wales reported 3,340 non-fatal casualties (excluding those requiring first-aid treatment only), and in 1965, 4,003.