§ Charles HendryTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 22 January 2004,Official Report, column 1463W, how many people died in fires in houses (a) equipped with water sprinklers and (b) not equipped with water sprinklers in 2003. [152407]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe latest available information relates to calendar year 2002 and is still provisional. In that year, Fire and Rescue Services in the UK attended 22 fires in dwellings equipped with water sprinklers, there were no deaths reported. In the same period, there were 64,613 fires in dwellings not equipped with water sprinklers, and 443 deaths.