Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of domestic fires in the private rented sector in England that have occurred as a result of (a) smoking and (b) electrical faults since 2015.

Figures on the age of fire-related fatalities and non-fatal casualties, in all dwelling types, can be found in table FIRE0503 at the link below.

Figures on the source of ignition causing fire-related fatalities and non-fatal casualties, in all dwelling types, can be found in table FIRE0602 at the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables