§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if the Fire Inspectorate has received a response from Merseyside Fire Authority to the Principal Inspection report issued in the third quarter of 2000. [159767]
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Fires in dwellings by brigade and by presence and operation of smoke detectors, UK, 1999 Percentage of alarms present that Total number of fires in dwellings Smoke alarm present Smoke alarm absent Operated and raised alarm Operated, but did not raised alarm Did not operate United Kingdom 72,126 26,890 45,235 63 10 27 England and Wales 60,725 21,296 39,429 66 9 25 England 57,403 19,800 37,603 66 9 25 England—non-Met counties 29,893 11,375 18,518 64 9 27 Avon 960 422 538 58 14 28 Bedfordshire 429 74 354 69 18 14 Berkshire 726 308 418 80 4 16 Buckinghamshire 679 254 425 69 9 22 Cambridgeshire 547 212 334 63 16 21 Cheshire 999 382 617 61 12 27 Cleveland 836 251 585 59 10 31 Cornwall 437 149 287 66 15 19 Cumbria 609 208 401 79 6 15 Derbyshire 783 203 580 75 4 20 Devon 1,225 555 670 77 8 15 Dorset 492 180 312 68 11 21 Durham 677 174 503 70 2 28 East Sussex 1,129 430 699 60 5 35 Essex 1,220 378 842 64 8 28 Gloucestershire 521 221 299 62 8 30 Hampshire 1,487 709 778 69 9 23 Hereford and Worcester 677 290 386 72 7 20 Hertfordshire 942 445 497 83 4 13 Humberside 1,104 466 638 38 15 47 Isle of Wight 165 75 89 81 12 7 Kent 1,269 369 900 63 6 31 Lancashire 2,274 898 1,375 59 10 31 Leicestershire 733 206 527 57 9 34 Lincolnshire 520 177 344 62 12 27 Norfolk 583 157 426 54 9 38 North Yorkshire 546 264 282 54 7 39 Northamptonshire 715 407 309 70 5 26 Northumberland 309 128 181 71 5 24 Nottinghamshire 1,102 183 919 68 4 28 Oxfordshire 474 244 230 56 4 40 Shropshire 434 102 332 53 7 40 Somerset 386 174 212 55 21 24 Staffordshire 1,179 662 517 73 10 17
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe Merseyside Fire Authority was last inspected by Her Majesty's Fire Service Inspectorate in February 2000. The subsequent report of Her Majesty's Inspector Gordon Russel made 17 recommendations concerning the management of the brigade. The inspector indicated that the fire authority should prepare an action plan to address these recommendations and noted that the Inspectorate would measure the Authority's progress against the plan during subsequent inspections.
A copy of the Fire authority's action plan was received by the Inspectorate in February 2001.
Copies of the Action Plan and Her Majesty's Inspector's report have been placed in the Library.