§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many cases of household burglary were recorded by the police in each parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom for each year from 1989 to 1993;
(2) how many cases of arson against a domestic dwelling were recorded by the police in each parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom for each year from 1989 to 1993.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information requested is not collected centrally. Figures for domestic burglary by police force area and figures for arson offences for all of England and Wales are published annually in "Criminal Statistics England and Wales". Details on the types of building subject to arson attacks are not collected centrally. Requests for figures relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland should be addressed to the Scottish Office and Northern Ireland Office respectively.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many household fires to which the emergency services were called were reported in each parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1993.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe most detailed information available centrally is for fire brigade areas. Details of fires in dwellings in these areas are published in the annual Home Office report "Fire Statistics United Kingdom", copies of which are in the Library. The latest published data are for 1991 and are shown in table 61 of the 1991 volume. Comparable data for previous years are in table 61 of the 1990 volume and table 59 of the 1989 volume.