Smoke Detectors 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:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------