§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people(a) died and (b) were injured in domestic fires in each of the last five years, and, of these, what proportion of the fires occurred in houses in multiple occupation. [127008]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe information is given in the table.
When these are excluded the strength of the Metropolitan Police is 24,966. The number of officers available for duty at the end of May was 24,966.
These figures are not comparable with those for previous years because of changes to the boundaries of the Metropolitan Police District. Responsibility and resources for those parts of Essex, Hertfordshire and Surrey previously policed by the Metropolitan Police were transferred to the relevant county forces with effect from 1 April 2000.