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Domestic Fires

Volume 176: debated on Wednesday 18 July 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action is planned by the Government to reduce the risk to human life caused by fires in domestic property.

Population1 of adult male sentenced prisoners in local and training prisons in England and Wales on 31 December 1989: by Prison Service region and security category of prisoner.
Prison Service Region2ABCDNot recordedTotal population
Midland624223,2841,1264135,307
North2091,8594,2421,3611,2188,889
South East1251,9473,8201,4452,1369,473
South West658612,1518668384,781
All regions4615,08913,4974,7984,60528,450
1 The figures are those recorded centrally and are approximate: detailed checking of individual cases would involve disproportionate cost.
2 Including prisoners provisionally placed in category A.