HC Deb 14 November 1974 vol 881 cc194-5W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of hotel and boarding house applications for fire certificates under the Fire Precautions Act 1971 at the latest available date.

Dr. Summerskill

In England and Wales the number of applications made up to 31st December 1973 was 44,877. We shall be asking fire authorities, who are responsible for the enforcement of the Act, to make a further return at the end of this year.