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Care Homes: Bassetlaw

Question for Department of Health

UIN 402, tabled on 21 June 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many registered care homes in Bassetlaw constituency do not have a fire sprinkler system.

Answered on

30 June 2017

Local Fire Authorities have the statutory duty to enforce fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom.

However, the Care Quality Commission wrote out to the social care sector this week to remind them of their responsibilities relating to fire safety.