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Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Monday, 22 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 July 2019. It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 July 2019 on behalf of the Home Office.


Private Rented Housing: Fires

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of domestic fires in the private rented sector in England that have occurred as a result of (a) smoking and (b) electrical fires since 2015.

Answer

The Home Office does not collect this information. Data on electrical fires and those caused by smoking are available in tables 6.02 and 6.05 here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire but we do not collect information on the tenure of the property in which the fire took place.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
280205
Session
2017-19
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Fires Electrical safety Private rented housing Smoking
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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