§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many(a) non-accidental vehicle fires, (b) incidents of arson and (c) incidents of arson in educational establishments there were, broken by (i) fire brigade area and (ii) local authority, in England and Wales, in each year since January 1997. [39622]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe information requested has been placed in the Libraries of the House. It relates to malicious or deliberate fires attended by local authority fire brigades in England and Wales between 1997 and 2000.
§ Mr. MossTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions on what date the Government introduced its target to cut arson by 30 per cent. by 2009. [39624]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe target to reduce by 30 per cent. the number of deliberate fires by March 2009 from the 1998–99 baseline was set as a service delivery agreement target in conjunction with Spending Review 2000. The service delivery agreement target was agreed with Treasury in November 2000.