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Bed and Breakfast Accommodation: Fires

Volume 472: debated on Monday 3 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many bed and breakfast establishments have had fires caused by guests in the last five years. (190773)

Information on the number of fires involving guests, solely in bed and breakfast establishments in England is unavailable. However, statistics on the number of fatal and non-fatal casualties in accidental fires in commercially run establishments (with sleeping accommodation) (2002-06) is in the following table. The statistics include fires in hotels and boarding houses as well as bed and breakfast establishments and are not limited solely to guests as a breakdown of the data held to this level is not possible.

Table 1: Accidental fires and casualties in commercially run establishments (with sleeping accommodation), England 2002-061

Total

2002

Fires

692

Fatal casualties

0

Non fatal casualties

44

2003

Fires

583

Fatal casualties

0

Non fatal casualties

52

2004

Fires

670

Fatal casualties

0

Non fatal casualties

35

2005

Fires

514

Fatal casualties

0

Non fatal casualties

29

2006

Fires

572

Fatal casualties

1

Non fatal casualties

66

1 Provisional Notes: 1. Including hotels, boarding houses and Bed and Breakfast establishments. 2. Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003. 3 Figures for 2006 are provisional and subject to change.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fires in bed and breakfast establishments have been caused by cigarette smoking in the last five years. (190772)

[holding answer 29 February 2008]: Information on the number of fires caused by cigarette smoking, solely in bed and breakfast establishments, in England, is unavailable. However, statistics on the number of fires in commercially run establishments (with sleeping accommodation) where smoking materials were cause of fire (2002-06) is in the following tables. The statistics include fires in hotels and boarding houses as well as bed and breakfast establishments.

Table 1: Accidental fires and casualties in commercially run establishments (with sleeping accommodation) by source of ignition. England 2002-06

Total

Smokers’ materials

Cigarette lighters

Matches

Cooking appliances

Space heating appliances

2002

Fires

692

119

8

6

168

43

Fatal casualties

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

44

10

1

0

11

3

2003

Fires

583

94

1

1

163

16

Fatal casualties

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

52

13

0

0

6

2

2004

Fires

670

65

1

1

172

27

Fatal casualties

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

35

11

0

0

8

2

2005

Fires

514

61

2

3

151

12

Fatal casualties

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

29

6

1

0

12

1

2006

Fires

572

71

0

2

144

20

Fatal casualties

1

1

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

66

8

0

0

12

1

Central and blowlamps

Water heating appliances

Welding and cutting equipment

Electrical distribution

Other electrical appliances

Candles

Other

Unspecified

2002

Fires

29

26

53

168

22

49

0

Fatal casualties

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

0

2

5

6

3

3

0

2003

Fires

9

7

58

141

42

29

28

Fatal casualties

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

0

0

2

16

9

3

1

2004

Fires

29

15

65

208

30

42

15

Fatal casualties

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

1

0

2

9

0

1

1

2005

Fires

18

11

55

143

20

29

9

Fatal casualties

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

2

0

2

3

2

0

0

2006

Fires

36

6

74

136

14

35

35

Fatal casualties

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Non fatal casualties

0

2

5

29

3

0

4

1 Provisional. Notes: 1. Including hotels, boarding houses and Bed and Breakfast establishments. 2. Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003. 3. Figures for 2006 are provisional and subject to change.