§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by local authority areas, the number of hotels which have (a) applied for a fire certificate, (b) been inspected by the fire officer and (c) not applied for a certificate, in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Precautions Act.
§ Mr. William RossAccording to information provided by the fire authorities the position is as follows:
Fire Brigade Area Number of Hotels (a)* (b) Central … 231 165 Dumfries and Galloway … 496 225 Fife … 195 155 Grampian … 869 498 Lothian and Borders … 746 481 Northern … 1,457 313 Strathclyde … 1,430 650 Tayside … 497 497 The number of hotels which have not applied for a fire certificate is not recorded. * This does not take account of applications made and later withdrawn.