§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons died in domestic fires in England and Wales in 1981, 1982 and to the nearest available date in 1983.
§ Mr. MellorA breakdown by location of deaths from fires attended by local authority fire brigades in England and Wales and the United Kingdom is published annually in "United Kingdom Fire Statistics" (table 25 of the issue for 1981), a copy of which is in the Library of the House. There were 635 deaths from fires in dwellings in England and Wales in 1981 and the provisional estimate of the corresponding figure for 1982 is 578. Corresponding figures for 1983 are not yet available.