Smoke Alarms

Mr. Burden
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will estimate the proportion by region of local authority owned dwellings fitted with smoke alarms. [17616]

Mr. Raynsford
In 1996 the proportion of local authority homes in each region estimated to be fitted with smoke alarms was as follows: --------------------------
|Region                  |
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|North-east              |
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|Yorkshire and the Humber|
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|North-west              |
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|Region       |
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|East Midlands|
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|West Midlands|
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|South-west   |
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|Eastern      |
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|South-east   |
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|London       |
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|Merseyside   |
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|England      |
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