§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of fire calls in(a) 1991 and (b) 1992 for each fire authority area and in total; if he will identify the number of hoax calls in each year on a similar basis; and if he will express hoax calls as a percentage of total calls.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information for fire calls attended by local authority fire brigades is shown in the table.
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1991 19921 Total fire calls Malicious false alarms Per cent. malicious of all calls Total fire calls Malicious false alarms Per cent. malicious of all calls West Sussex 8,035 655 8.2 8,635 687 8.0 Wiltshire 5,960 661 11.1 6,982 737 10.6 England-Met 334,982 68,809 20.5 335,486 71,132 21.2 Greater Manchester 58,439 13,191 22.6 57,306 11,972 20.9 Merseyside 39,689 6,562 16.5 34,286 6,451 18.8 South Yorkshire 19,079 3,853 20.2 19,527 4,630 23.7 Tyne and Wear 30,228 6,891 22.8 32,628 6,949 21.3 West Midlands 41,727 9,398 22.5 44,199 10,747 24.3 West Yorkshire 38,075 7,164 18.8 41,521 7,999 19.3 Greater London 107,745 21,750 20.2 106,019 22,384 21.1 Wales 42,018 7,402 17.6 45,120 9,709 21.5 Clwyd 5,475 733 13.4 5,677 1,024 18.0 Dyfed 3,816 559 14.6 4,231 806 19.0 Gwent 6,033 1,409 23.4 7,246 2,109 29.1 Gwynedd 3,268 258 7.9 3,355 309 9.2 Mid Glamorgan 9,487 1,843 19.4 9,467 2,160 22.8 Powys 1,061 94 8.9 1,130 120 10.6 South Glamorgan 6,575 1,279 19.5 7,222 1,638 22.7 West Glamorgan 6,303 1,227 19.5 6,792 1,543 22.7 Northern Ireland 29,425 3,844 13.1 26,568 3,397 12.8 Scotland 104,082 18,478 17.8 104,935 22,509 21.5 Strathclyde 55,973 11,370 20.3 58,295 16,349 28.0 Highland and Islands 4,932 394 8.0 4,565 346 7.6 Grampian 6,400 613 9.6 6,611 616 9.3 Tayside 7,619 1,023 13.4 8,133 1,136 14.0 Lothian and Borders 17,245 3,206 18.6 15,540 2,107 13.6 Fife 5,710 997 17.5 6,011 1,108 18.4 Central 4,067 592 14.6 3,869 567 14.7 Dumfries and Galloway 2,136 283 13.2 1,911 255 13.3 1Provisional.