Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the proportion of households without functioning smoke alarms in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) Denton and Reddish constituency in each of the last three years.

Latest findings from the English Housing Survey show that the proportion of households without a functioning smoke alarm in England was 12 per cent in 2013-14 and 2014-15. The proportion decreased to 11 per cent in 2015-16. These statistics will be updated with findings from 2016-17 in early 2018. The Ministry does not have published information on the prevalence of functioning smoke alarms below the national level.

Source: 2015-16 English Housing Survey Headline Report Annex Table 2.16 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2015-to-2016-headline-report ) .