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Mr. Ruane
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the local councils which (a) have and (b) have not installed smoke detectors in their housing stock. [4748]
Mr. Win Griffiths
Twenty-one local authorities in Wales have fitted, or are in the process of fitting, smoke detectors in all of their housing stock. Details are in the following table:
| Installation of smoke detectors in local authority housing in Wales | ||
| Local authority | Smoke alarms in all stock | Type of alarm |
| Isle of Anglesey County Council | Yes | Mix of battery and mains |
| Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | Yes | Battery |
| Bridgend County Borough Council | Yes | Battery |
| Caerphilly County Borough Council | Yes | Mains |
| City and County of Cardiff | Yes | Battery |
| Carmarthenshire County Council | Yes | Mix of battery and mains |
| Ceredigion County Council | Yes | Battery |
| Conwy County Borough Council | Yes | Battery |
| Denbighshire County Council | Yes | Mix of battery and mains |
| Flintshire County Council | Some (in accommodation for the elderly) | Mains |
| Gwynedd County Council | Yes | Mix of battery and mains |
Installation of smoke detectors in local authority housing in Wales
| ||
Local authority
| Smoke alarms in all stock
| Type of alarm
|
| Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | Yes | Battery |
| Monmouthshire County Council | Yes | Mains |
| Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | Yes | Mix of battery and mains |
| Newport County Borough Council | Yes | Battery |
| Pembrokeshire County Council | Installation in all properties will be completed in 1997–98 | Mains |
| Powys County Council | Yes | Mix of battery and mains |
| Rhondda, Cynon Taff County Borough Council | Yes | Battery |
| City and County of Swansea | Yes | Mix of battery and mains |
| Torfacn County Borough Council | Installation in all properties will be completed in 1998–99 | Mains |
| Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council | Installation in all properties will be completed in 1998–99 | Mains |
| Wrexham County Borough Council | Yes | Mix of battery and mains |