Results 1-20 of 29 for smoking speaker:Parmjit Dhanda

[Janet Anderson in the Chair] (4 Nov 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ..., as I have done, and get it to take him into a mock burning building, then he would learn a little bit more about the role of a firefighter. When doing that, crawling around in the dark in a smoke-filled room, totally and utterly reliant on colleagues—[Interruption.] He says that he knows that. I urge him to try it, actually, because the kinds of stresses involved—

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Departmental Property (7 Jul 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ...; — Disability access work (lifts) — — — 296,311 — — Replace fire alarm hardware and software — — — 176,033 311,122 — Smoke duct work at Eland House — — — — 146,145 — Machinery of Government reorganisation — — — — 229,149 — ...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Smoke Alarms (20 May 2008) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: Ownership of smoke alarms in England now stands at 80 per cent. of households and we are seeking to raise it further as those without alarms are often in those groups who are most at risk from fire. Information on smoke alarm ownership in Kettering and Northamptonshire is not held centrally. However, 82 per cent. of households in the east midlands region own one or more smoke alarms.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Smoke Alarms (20 May 2008) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: I thank the hon. Gentleman for that question. He is right that the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph is running a good, strong local campaign. Eighty per cent. of homes have smoke alarms, but people are twice as likely to die in a house fire if they do not have a smoke alarm. In one third of cases, there is no working battery in a smoke alarm, so we are running a high-profile campaign with...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Smoke Alarms (20 May 2008) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: ...for all new care homes to have sprinkler systems when there is more than one bed in a location. If there is only a single bed, it is a requirement to have a sprinkler or a system whereby there is a smoke alarm and a door-shutting mechanism so that fire cannot spread. Through building regulations, we have also introduced a requirement for fire sprinklers for buildings of, I believe, over 30...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Smoke Alarms (20 May 2008) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: ...to go out and ensure that community fire safety work is taking place throughout the country. Cleveland and many other fire and rescue authorities focus on carbon monoxide, whereas others focus on smoke alarms. Other fire rescue services have done completely different things—for example, in one area, chip fat fryers are being replaced with safer versions so that there are fewer...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Smoke Alarms (20 May 2008) has video

Parmjit Dhanda: I am very happy to congratulate Essex fire and rescue service on the work that it is doing. Such work is being done throughout the land. As I have said, 1.9 million smoke alarms have been fitted through the £25 million that my Department has provided between 2004 and 2008. Some 1.5 million home fire risk checks have been performed by fire and rescue services throughout the country. Fire...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Smoking (20 May 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: The Department for Communities and Local Government's buildings are smokefree. The Department has not constructed any smoking shelters.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Alarms: Standards (21 Apr 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: Information on the number and percentage of fire alarms which failed to operate in dwelling fires, in England, as recorded by Fire and Rescue Services, is presented in the table: Smoke alarm failures in dwelling fires( 1) by type of alarm, England, 1997-2006 Year and Alarm type Total Alarm operated Alarm failed to activate Percentage failed 1997 Total 15,844...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fires: Death (3 Apr 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ...38 62 50 61 39 45 33 (1) Includes caravans, houseboats and other non-building structures used as a permanent dwelling—see explanatory note 8. (2) Includes "late" calls and heat and smoke damage incidents. (3) Includes fatalities reported during periods of industrial action. (4) Provisional.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fires: Death (3 Apr 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ... 16 19 22 30 23 18 17 17 24 24 West Yorkshire 24 23 20 22 12 21 25 23 32 18 Greater London 92 66 65 48 68 56 67 46 57 37 (1) Including late call and heat and smoke damage incidents. (2) Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fires: Death (3 Apr 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ... 17 17 24 24 West Yorkshire 23 29 35 24 23 20 22 12 21 25 23 32 18 Greater London 67 81 70 92 66 65 48 68 56 67 46 57 37 (1) Including late call and heat and smoke damage incidents (except 1994) (2) Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Alarms (1 Apr 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: Information on the total number of smoke alarms installed by fire and rescue services in England, in dwellings which have raised the alarm in the presence of a fire is not collected by the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Standards (1 Apr 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ....4 5.5 West Midlands 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.6 6.0 6.1 6.2 West Yorkshire 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.7 6.8 7.0 Greater London 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.5 (1 )Excluding late call and heat and smoke damage only incidents. (2 )Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003. (3) A small number of incidents with response time greater than...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Standards (1 Apr 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ...West Midlands 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.6 6.0 6.1 6.2 West Yorkshire 6.5 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.7 6.8 7.0 Greater London 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.5 (1) Excluding late call and heat and smoke damage only incidents (2) Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003 (3) A small number of incidents with response time greater than an hour have...

Fire and Rescue Services (Humberside) (18 Mar 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ...the number of fire deaths, ensured that the fire service has had far more time to carry out preventive work in local communities and, with funding from my Department, enabled more than 1 million smoke alarms to be placed in people's homes. I am therefore surprised by his apparent stance. My right hon. and hon. Friends made points about local changes proposed by the local fire and rescue...

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (4 Mar 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ...to make his comments then. Sir Ken Knight's report will be ready soon. He needs to take on board all these considerations. The hon. Member for South-West Norfolk also talked about prevention and smoke alarms. My Department has funded about 1.3 million smoke alarms for people's homes. I am very proud to say that such a preventative role is at the heart of what the fire and rescue service...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Bed and Breakfast Accommodation: Fires (3 Mar 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: holding answer 29 February 2008 Information on the number of fires caused by cigarette smoking, solely in bed and breakfast establishments, in England, is unavailable. However, statistics on the number of fires in commercially run establishments (with sleeping accommodation) where smoking materials were cause of fire (2002-06) is in the following tables. The statistics include fires in...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Safety Measures (21 Feb 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ...period January to September 2007, which is provided in the following table: Period Activity Total January to September 2007 Home fire risk checks 29,928 January to September 2007 Smoke alarms installed 35,173 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...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fires (21 Feb 2008)

Parmjit Dhanda: ...so categories may not be consistent throughout the period. (3) Figures for primary fires from 1994 are based on sample data weighted to individual FRS totals. They include 'late' call and heat and smoke damage only incidents, which were not recorded prior to 1994. (4) Includes estimates for incidents not recorded in 1977, 1978 and 1980 during industrial action. (5) Includes estimates...