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Carbon Monoxide: Alarms

Volume 502: debated on Wednesday 9 December 2009

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Tom Levitt

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what information his Department holds on the proportion of carbon monoxide alarms sold which are (a) provided with lifetime batteries and (b) mains wired; (301461)

(2) what information his Department holds on the proportion of carbon monoxide alarms sold which conform to BS EN 50291; and if he will make a statement.

Kevin Brennan

The Department does not hold information relating to sales of carbon monoxide detectors. We would advise consumers to only buy carbon monoxide detectors that are marked as conforming to BS EN 50291 as this standard includes performance requirements for such detectors.