HC Deb 07 April 1976 vol 909 c206W
Mr. Anthony Grant

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hotels known to his Department have failed to comply with the requirements of the Fire Precautions Act 1971; and if he will make a statement.

Dr. Summerskill

Fire authorities estimated that, at 31st December last, applications had not been made by some 8,000 hotels and boarding-houses for which fire certificates were required under the Fire Precautions Act 1971. This is no more than an estimate; fire authorities have no precise information. Within the limits of their resources, they are doing their best to trace cases of this kind.