Fire Services: Safety Measures

Helen Southworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households in (a) Warrington and (b) the rest of Cheshire received home safety advice from Cheshire Fire Service in 2007.

Mr. Dhanda
The information required is available only for the period January to September 2007, which is provided in the following table:

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|Period                   |Activity              |Total |
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|January to September 2007|Home fire risk checks |29,928|
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|January to September 2007|Smoke alarms installed|35,173|
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Information on the number of home fire risk checks and smoke alarm installations undertaken by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service for the period October 2007 to March 2008 is not yet available. Similarly, information on the number of home fire risk checks and smoke alarm installations undertaken by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service for the Warrington area is not held centrally.

Communities and Local Government has made a total of £26.4 million available to all English fire and rescue services up to 2008, to undertake home fire risk checks and to support further fire prevention work.