HC Deb 14 May 1999 vol 331 cc221-2W
Dr. Brand

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what estimate he has made of the number of lives that would be saved each year if every local authority dwelling in England was fitted with a smoke alarm. [79606]

Mr. George Howarth

[pursuant to the reply, 13 April 1999, c. 62]: I have been asked to reply.

The previous reply provided figures for fire casualties in all households in England; a separate estimate is not available for local authority dwellings. Fire statistics do not reveal whether the dwelling in which the fire occurred was owned or rented in the private or public sector, although it is known that 17 per cent. of all households in England are in the ownership of local authorities.