§ Mr. Ian McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was, for each fire authority in England and Wales the number of(a) fires and (b) injuries and fatalities sustained in fires on residential, holiday and touring caravan sites in the years 1990 to 1995 inclusive; [31857]
(2) what was the number of (a) fires and (b) injuries and fatalities sustained in fires in each fire authority in Scotland on residential, holiday and touring caravan sites in the years 1990 to 1995. [31856]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe readily available information for England and Wales and Scotland is given in the first table, with 1993 data for each fire authority given in the second table. Data for each separate fire authority for each year could be produced only at disproportionate cost. Data for 1994 and 1995 are not yet available.
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Fires, deaths and injuries from fires starting in caravans on sites, attended by local authority fire brigades in England and Wales and Scotland, 1990 to 1993 England and Wales Scotland Year Fires Deaths Injuries1 Fires Deaths Injuries1 1993 511 1 28 51 0 1 1992 600 1 43 73 0 4 1991 722 0 36 82 0 4 1990 883 7 60 115 0 8 1 Injuries are defined as those which required medical treatment beyond first aid at the scene of the fire. 152W
Fires, deaths and injuries from fires starting in caravans on sites, by fire brigade areas in England, Wales and Scotland, 1993 Fire brigade area Fires Deaths Injuries1 England and Wales 511 1 28 Avon 10 0 0 Bedfordshire 7 0 0 Berkshire 3 0 2 Buckinghamshire 4 0 0 Cambridgeshire 5 0 0 Cheshire 9 0 0 Cleveland 2 0 0 Cornwall 8 0 0 Cumbria 5 0 0 Derbyshire 9 0 0 Devon 8 0 2 Dorset 5 0 0 Durham 8 0 0 East Sussex 4 0 0 Essex 15 0 1 Gloucestershire 9 0 0 Hampshire 7 0 0 Hereford and Worcester 6 0 0 Hertfordshire 3 0 1 Humberside 15 0 1 Isle of Wight 1 0 0 Kent 19 0 1 Lancashire 19 0 2 Leicestershire 10 0 2 Lincolnshire 13 0 0 Norfolk 19 0 5 North Yorkshire 11 0 0 Northampshire 8 0 0 Northumberland 8 0 1 Nottinghamshire 14 0 0 Oxfordshire 4 0 0 Shropshire 2 0 0 Somerset 6 0 0 Staffordshire 5 0 1 Suffolk 3 0 0 Surrey 2 1 0 Warwickshire 5 0 0 West Sussex 6 0 0 Wiltshire 5 0 0 Greater Manchester 23 0 0 Merseyside 12 0 0 South Yorkshire 14 0 0 Tyne and Wear 20 0 0 West Midlands 25 0 1 West Yorkshire 26 0 2 Greater London 24 0 1 Clwyd 25 0 1 Dyfed 5 0 0 Gwent 4 0 0 Gwynedd 7 0 1 Mid Glamorgan 14 0 3 South Glamorgan 3 0 0 West Glamorgan 7 0 0 Scotland 51 0 1 Strathclyde 29 0 1 Highlands and Islands 4 0 0 Grampian 2 0 0 Tayside 3 0 0
Fires, deaths and injuries from fires starting in caravans on sites, by fire brigade areas in England, Wales and Scotland, 1993 Fire brigade area Fires Deaths Injuries1 Lothian and Borders 7 0 0 Fife 4 0 0 Central 1 0 0 Dumfries and Galloway 1 0 0 1 Injuries are defined as those which required medical treatment beyond first aid at the scene of the fire. Source:
Home Office.