Mr Frank Field – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the House of Commons Commission
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Frank Field on 2014-03-24.
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many fire alarms have sounded in Portcullis House in the last 12 months; on how many of these occasions the London Fire Brigade arrived to attend a fire; and on how many of these occasions the London Fire Brigade discovered a fire.
John Thurso
There have been three fire alarms resulting in evacuations from Portcullis House in the last 12 months. One of these alarms, on 24th March 2014, led to the attendance of the London Fire Brigade. On this occasion the alarm was triggered by a heat detector following the overheating of a grill in the Lower Ground Kitchens as well as the triggering of a manual call point. No fire was discovered.
