HC Deb 02 July 1992 vol 210 c684W
Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths she estimates could be avoided each year if smoke alarms were installed in all homes.

Mr. Baldry

I have been asked to reply.

Precise estimates are difficult to make. If all homes were fitted with correctly sited and properly maintained smoke detectors, between 100 and 150 lives might be saved each year in fires in the United Kingdom.

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