§ Paul HolmesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many incidents of arson against NHS properties there were; and what the cost of the damage was in each county in each year since 1992. [83136]
§ Mr. LammyOur records show that a total of 2,496 fires have been started deliberately on national health 493W service premises since 1995, resulting in damage an estimated £18.3 million.
Strategic health authority Estimated total cost of damage(£) Number of deliberate fires 1995 to 2002 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 56,695 142 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 137,150 29 Birmingham and the Black Country 10,312,959 121 Cheshire and Merseyside 335,493 116 County Durham and Tees Valley 72,965 59 Coventry, Warwickshire and Herefordshire 66,062 17 Cumbria and Lancashire 291,143 159 Dorset and Somerset 44,563 54 Essex 86,535 31 Greater Manchester 1,474,292 210 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 155,749 67 Kent 282,596 51 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 126,856 87 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 20,030 79 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 28,091 66 North Central London 29,439 77 North East London 722,743 63 North West London 116,300 22 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 462,611 222 Shropshire and Staffordshire 109,860 46 South East London 60,639 47 South West London 31,801 56 South West Peninsular 43,677 86 South Yorkshire 122,873 58 Surrey and Sussex 1,493,921 109 Thames Valley 30,297 59 Trent 61,155 122 West Yorkshire 1,551,772 237 Grand total 18,328,268 2,492