§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hotels and boarding houses required to register under the Fire Precautions Act have now done so; and if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the relevant detailed statistics for Scotland.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellI understand that at 30th November 1972 the numbers of applications received for a fire certificate under the Fire Precautions (Hotels and Boarding Houses) (Scotland) Order 1972 were as follows:
Area Number Angus 250 Central 258 Fife 228 Glasgow 152 Lanarkshire 149 North-Eastern 869 Northern 1,262 Perth and Kinross 627 South-Eastern 880 South-Western 943 Western 802 Total 6,420
§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many prosecutions have been brought in Scotland for the offence of failing to register under the Fire Precautions Act; what proportion the number so prosecuted represents of the total number of defaulters; and what steps he now proposes to take.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellI understand that no prosecutions have been made. No information is available about numbers of defaulters. Enforcement of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 is the statutory responsibility of fire authorities; and while no further action seems to be called for by me at this stage, I am keeping this matter under review.