§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his Department's estimate of the cost of all fires in the United Kingdom for the last 12 months for which statistics are available; and from what sources information as to the cost of such fire losses is obtained.
§ Mr. LaneAccording to information published by the British Insurance Association, fire losses in the United Kingdom in 1972 amounted to about £140 million.