§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will produce a table showing the deaths by fire of(a) infants, (b) adolescents, (c) adults and (d) the elderly for the latest 20 years.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 1 March 1994]: The available information is shown in the table.
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Year Number of deaths by age group (a) 0–5 6–15 16–45 66+ Unspecified Total (b) 0–4 5–14 15–64 65+ (c) 0–4 5–14 15–59 60+ (d) 0–4 5–14 16–64 65+ (e) 0–4 5–16 16–64 65+ 1980 91 55 415 412 461 1,034 1981 63 48 433 419 7 970 1982 79 36 417 377 8 917 1983 75 50 415 359 1 900 1984 84 44 402 350 3 883 1985 95 40 418 419 5 977 1986 94 40 437 381 5 957 1987 84 45 438 355 4 926 1988 87 44 423 354 7 915 1989 81 56 472 288 3 900 1990 63 40 487 300 6 896 1991 83 54 396 267 14 814 51992 58 32 411 295 9 805 1 Excluding fire brigade deaths and for 1974 to 1981 deaths from fires due to terrorist activity. 2 Figures estimates due to industrial action, no estimates made for age of casualty. 3 Not available. 4 Age of casualty not give due to industrial action. 5 Provisional. Source:
Home Office fire statistics.