§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of Stale for Scotland how many fires in buildings and homes have been caused by either faulty electrical supply circuits or in leads to appliances in (a) Dundee and (b) Scotland in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MayhewI have been asked to reply.
"Fire Statistics United Kingdom 1979—Supplement for Fire Brigades", a copy of which is in the Library of the House, shows that in 1979 local authority fire brigades in Tayside attended 69 fires in occupied buildings in which electrical wiring was reported as the source of ignition of the fire, and local authority fire brigades in Scotland attended 786 such fires—table 11. Of these fires 59 and 659 respectively were reported to have been due to faults in electrical supply circuits or in leads to appliances. Separate figures for Dundee could be provided only at disproportionate cost.