Question follow-through · 16975
Lithium-ion Batteries: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds data on the number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries attended by Fire and Rescue Services in Slough each year.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds data on the number of fires caused by lithium-ion batteries attended by Fire and Rescue Services in Slough each year.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) does not currently hold data on the number of fires caused by lithium-ion battery failures attended by Fire and Rescue Services in Slough, or elsewhere in England. MHCLG collects data on in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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