§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how 141W many persons lost their lives by fire in each of the last 10 years, excluding patients in long-stay institutions for handicapped persons.
§ Mr. LaneFigures for deaths in fires in long-stay institutions for handicapped persons cannot be separately extracted. Deaths in the United Kingdom, excluding those in fires in hospitals and buildings used by consultant services, were as follows:
1963 810 1964 672 1965 700 1966 771 1967 774 1968 837 1969 851 1970 824 1971 809 Corresponding figures for 1962, in which the total number of deaths was 667, are not available.