HC Deb 25 January 1993 vol 217 cc540-1W
Mr. Steinberg

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the latest available figures for the incidence of arson attacks in schools; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Forth

The number of incidents of arson in schools in England is not collected centrally. Information on the number of incidents of deliberate—or probably deliberate—fires in maintained primary and secondary schools in England is collected as part of the Department's annual survey of security in schools. In the financial year 1990–91 there were an estimated 3,100 such fires.