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Eco-Towns: Transport
Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether her Department has estimated the percentage of residents in eco-towns who will be expected to travel to work by (a) rail, (b) bus, (c) bicycle, (d) car and (e) on foot; [199974]
(2) whether her Department has estimated how far residents of the new eco-towns will be expected to travel to work on average. [199975]
Caroline Flint: We are currently consulting on the potential locations for eco-towns and the broader objectives and benefits of these new settlements. The consultation document, ‘Eco- towns—living a greener future’, was published on 3 April and sets out what needs to be achieved in terms of sustainable transport. Each location will need its own approach, but will need to demonstrate how it will meet the criteria.
Energy: Conservation
Jim Cousins: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will estimate how many homes in each metropolitan authority in Tyne and Wear would be rated F or G for energy performance. [196110]
Caroline Flint: No research has been undertaken upon which an estimate could be made of how many homes in each metropolitan authority in Tyne and Wear would be rated F or G for energy performance.
Fire Alarms: Standards
Kate Hoey: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what percentage of (a) battery-operated and (b) hard-wired smoke alarms were found to be defective in dwelling fires in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [198356]
Mr. 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:
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