§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people died in house fires in each region in the United Kingdom in each of the last 20 years. [149791]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe information requested is contained in the table. Figures are available at fire brigade area level from 1982 onwards. 741W
Deaths in dwelling1fires, by brigade area, UK, 1982 to 1999 Brigade area 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 19882 1989 1990 Scotland 126 136 128 144 132 138 134 88 113 Strathclyde 70 62 67 80 70 77 64 48 63 Highland and Islands 7 9 11 5 6 5 8 4 5 Grampian 8 10 6 14 9 8 5 10 11 Tayside 12 17 8 9 7 8 4 3 4 Lothian and Borders 21 22 20 22 23 16 25 16 18 Fife 3 7 4 4 7 9 10 3 5 Central 3 5 10 4 9 11 9 4 4 Dumfries 2 4 2 6 1 4 8 0 3 742W 743W
Brigade area 1991 1992 1993 19945 1995 1996 1997 1998 19996,7 United Kingdom 613 578 530 488 559 564 562 506 463 (466)8 England and Wales 473 483 403 394 468 461 462 407 356 England 430 449 376 376 428 428 432 384 338 England—non-met counties 202 220 191 197 236 238 250 209 177 Avon 8 5 3 7 2 3 4 4 8 Bedfordshire 3 6 2 4 4 6 3 3 1 Berkshire 8 5 4 4 3 12 5 7 2 Buckinghamshire 2 0 5 3 4 4 7 1 4 Cambridgeshire 6 4 1 6 3 9 4 2 3 Cheshire 5 3 7 5 6 8 11 8 9 Cleveland 4 7 9 1 7 5 10 2 4 Cornwall 2 6 8 2 6 1 6 4 2 Cumbria 3 4 4 5 10 3 4 5 3 Derbyshire 6 16 4 10 6 5 7 8 8 Devon 3 4 3 5 5 6 4 6 4 Dorset 1 4 4 0 10 8 5 2 8 Durham 10 6 8 9 6 3 9 4 9 East Sussex 10 11 6 4 6 7 7 9 5 Essex 11 15 5 6 11 13 14 8 5 Gloucestershire 0 2 1 6 7 5 4 2 1 Hampshire 6 7 5 7 14 15 5 7 8 Hereford and Worcester 4 6 9 6 2 1 6 3 2 Hertfordshire 3 3 5 5 6 10 10 8 4 Humberside 6 8 5 9 18 8 7 10 5 Isle of Wight 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 Kent 3 10 10 11 12 12 7 5 6 Lancashire 16 13 21 12 21 19 22 17 15 Leicestershire 8 4 10 5 9 10 4 11 3 Lincolnshire 1 3 3 6 6 4 2 8 3 Norfolk 4 5 4 1 2 2 5 1 5 North Yorkshire 3 6 3 8 5 7 7 8 5 Northamptonshire 7 2 0 4 4 3 8 8 4 Northumberland 1 1 4 4 3 0 3 1 2 Nottinghamshire 15 8 6 5 4 11 16 10 9 Oxfordshire 0 4 3 3 4 10 4 10 6 Shropshire 6 6 1 7 1 1 3 0 2 Somerset 2 3 3 2 3 5 4 0 1 Staffordshire 12 15 5 4 8 7 10 8 6 Suffolk 2 0 4 2 9 0 6 6 2 Surrey 2 2 2 6 2 4 5 6 3 Warwickshire 10 6 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 West Sussex 7 3 6 3 1 2 5 3 7 Wiltshire 2 6 3 8 3 7 4 0 1 Isles of Scilly3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 England—Met Counties 228 229 185 179 192 190 182 175 161 Greater Manchester 51 32 32 36 27 24 29 28 32 Merseyside 8 20 13 17 15 19 10 21 11 South Yorkshire 12 12 9 4 8 11 6 12 10 Tyne and Wear 12 12 14 11 6 12 5 8 5 West Midlands 39 37 24 21 26 19 16 18 21 West Yorkshire 26 17 25 24 29 35 24 23 21 Greater London 80 99 68 66 81 70 92 65 61 Wales4 43 34 27 18 40 33 30 23 18 North Wales 6 10 10 5 13 7 5 9 3 Mid and West Wales 14 10 9 3 11 8 9 3 5 South Wales 23 14 8 10 16 18 16 11 10
Brigade area 1991 1992 1993 19945 1995 1996 1997 1998 19996,7 Northern Ireland 22 13 14 19 15 7 26 23 27 Scotland 118 82 113 75 76 96 74 76 80 Strathclyde 63 38 47 41 39 56 42 50 43 Highland and Islands 10 7 6 5 3 7 5 8 1 Grampian 11 10 10 4 4 9 7 5 4 Tayside 3 2 14 5 7 4 3 4 4 Lothian and Borders 17 9 18 9 6 6 8 2 13 Fife 6 10 13 7 6 8 2 4 9 Central 7 4 2 2 6 6 4 2 3 Dumfries 1 2 3 2 5 0 3 1 3 1Dwellings include houseboats, caravans and any other non-building structure used solely as a permanent residence. 2 Some casualty data have been revised since previous publication to take into account death certificate information provided by ONS and General Registrar Offices (Scotland and NI). Data revised in Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Fire Statistics, UK, 1999 (Issue 20/00). 3 Up until 1987 data for Isles of Scilly were included with Cornwall. 4 The brigades in Wales were restructured in April 1996. (North Wales—formerly Clywd and Gwynedd; Mid and West Wales—formerly Dyfed, Powys and West Glamorgan; and South Wales—formerly Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan). 5 Figures from 1994 onwards include late call, heat and smoke incidents. Prior to 1994 these incidents were not recorded. 6 1999 UK totals are estimated to take account of likely revisions to the data once further information from death certificates etc have been received. No estimates have been made for individual brigade areas. 7 Provisional 8 Estimated Source:
Home Office: Brigade FDR1 statistical returns