§ Mr. Steenasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fires occurred in residential houses on Mersey-side in the last year for which figures are available; and, of those, how many were flats and maisonettes.
§ Dr. Summerskill, pursuant to her reply [Official Report, 22 February 1979; Vol. 963, c. 257], gave the following information:
825WOf the tires in dwellings in Merseyside in 1977 which were recorded as attended by local authority fire brigades, or by Armed Services personnel during the fire service strike, it is estimated that about 850 were in flats and maisonettes. An exact figure is not available because not all fires were reported on in detail during the fire service strike.