HC Deb 09 March 1973 vol 852 c225W
Mr. Redmond

asked 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. Lane

According to information published by the British Insurance Association, fire losses in the United Kingdom in 1972 amounted to about £140 million.