§ Lord Swinfenasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many married quarters in the Warminster garrison, managed by the Defence Housing Executive, have gas appliances; and how many complaints about these appliances there have been in the last year. [HL2558]
§ Baroness Symons of Vernham DeanAll the 591 Service Families Accommodation (SFA) at Warminster garrison have gas appliances—i.e. gas cookers and gas heating/hot water boilers. Since May 1999 there have been four formal complaints about unsafe appliances. These complaints have all been satisfactorily resolved and gas certificates have been issued. The gas supply was turned off in each case while remedial action was taken.
All the houses at Warminster are fitted with carbon monoxide monitors and none of the systems that failed the contractor's spillage test discharged enough carbon monoxide into each house to activate the alarm.