§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the local councils which(a) have and (b) have not installed smoke detectors in their housing stock. [4748]
§ Mr. Win GriffithsTwenty-one local authorities in Wales have fitted, or are in the process of fitting, smoke detectors in all of their housing stock. Details are in the following table:
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Installation of smoke detectors in local authority housing in Wales Local authority Smoke alarms in all stock Type of alarm Isle of Anglesey County Council Yes Mix of battery and mains Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Yes Battery Bridgend County Borough Council Yes Battery Caerphilly County Borough Council Yes Mains City and County of Cardiff Yes Battery Carmarthenshire County Council Yes Mix of battery and mains Ceredigion County Council Yes Battery Conwy County Borough Council Yes Battery Denbighshire County Council Yes Mix of battery and mains Flintshire County Council Some (in accommodation for the elderly) Mains Gwynedd County Council Yes Mix of battery and mains
Installation of smoke detectors in local authority housing in Wales Local authority Smoke alarms in all stock Type of alarm Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Yes Battery Monmouthshire County Council Yes Mains Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council Yes Mix of battery and mains Newport County Borough Council Yes Battery Pembrokeshire County Council Installation in all properties will be completed in 1997–98 Mains Powys County Council Yes Mix of battery and mains Rhondda, Cynon Taff County Borough Council Yes Battery City and County of Swansea Yes Mix of battery and mains Torfacn County Borough Council Installation in all properties will be completed in 1998–99 Mains Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council Installation in all properties will be completed in 1998–99 Mains Wrexham County Borough Council Yes Mix of battery and mains