asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications have been received, how many inspections carried out and how many certificates issued under the Fire Precautions Act 1971, between 1st January 1978 and the latest date for which the information is available.
I regret that this information is not available as returns are made by fire authorities only after the end of each calendar year.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inspections under the Fire Precautions Act 1971 were carried out in each year in 1975, 1976 and 1977.
The actual number of inspections made under the Fire Precautions Act 1971 is not known, but returns from fire authorities show that the number of fire certificates issued in England and Wales during the years in question were:
| Hotels and Boarding Houses | Factories Offices, Shops* and Railway Premises | |
| 1975 | 4,467 | — |
| 1976 | 4,599 | — |
| 1977 | 3,530 | 4,140 |
| * Factories, offices, shops and railway premises did not come within the scope of the Act until 1st January 1977. | ||