HC Deb 19 May 1982 vol 24 c105W
Mr. Sainsbury

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were killed or injured as a result of fires in residential homes for the elderly during 1981; and how many such fires were reported.

Mr. Mayhew

Statistics relating to 1981 are not yet available. Figures for 1980 can be found in table 24 of "Fire Statistics United Kingdom 1980", a copy of which is in the Library of the House.