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Written question asked by Colleen Fletcher (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 November 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 November 2020 (named day). It was answered by Christopher Pincher (Conservative) on Monday, 30 November 2020 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

Smoke Alarms

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of households did not have functioning smoke alarms in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.

Answer

Each year MHCLG publishes data on the number and proportion of households in England with a working smoke alarm. Data up to and including 2018-19 are available in Annex Table 2.16 here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859758/2018-19_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx

The English Housing Survey also collects data on the prevalence of working smoke alarms in the West Midlands, see below for each of the last five years:

Households in the West Midlands with at least one working smoke alarm

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

percentage of homes with working smoke alarm West Midlands

87.9

91.7

89.4

88.6

89.8

number of homes with working smoke alarm West Midlands (000s)

2,041

2,148

2,137

2,125

2,199


The Department does not collect data on the number and proportion of households in Coventry North East constituency or Coventry with or without working smoke alarms.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
120879
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Smoke alarms
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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