§ David WrightTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many people were killed in domestic house fires in the last year, broken down by region. [78551]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe table shows fatal casualties in dwelling fires attended by local authority fire brigades in the UK in 2000 by region. 2000 is the latest year for which data are available.
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Fatal casualties in dwelling firesl,2 by region and brigade area, UK, 20003 Fatal casualties United Kingdom 445 4 (447) England and Wales 365 4 (367) England 340 North East 13 Cleveland 1 Durham 6 Northumberland 1 Tyne and Wear 5 North West 69 Cheshire 6 Cumbria 3 Greater Manchester 22 Lancashire 17 Merseyside 21 Yorkshire and The Humber 41 Humberside 7 North Yorkshire 2 South Yorkshire 10 West Yorkshire 22 East Midlands 23 Derbyshire 9 Leicestershire 4 Lincolnshire 4 Northamptonshire 3 Nottinghamshire 3 West Midlands 51 Hereford and Worcester 3 Shropshire 8 Staffordshire 8 Warwickshire 6 West Midlands 26 East of England 36 Bedfordshire 5 Cambridgeshire 3 Essex 10 Hertfordshire 6 Norfolk 8 Suffolk 4 South East 43 Berkshire 5 Buckinghamshire 7 East Sussex 3 Hampshire 9 Isle of Wight 0 Kent 9
Fatal casualties in dwelling firesl,2 by region and brigade area, UK, 20003 Fatal casualties Oxfordshire 1 Surrey 6 West Sussex 3 South West 19 Avon 4 Cornwall 4 Devon 7 Dorset 1 Gloucestershire 2 Isles of Scilly 0 Somerset 1 Wiltshire 0 London 45 Wales 25 North Wales 3 Mid and West Wales 14 South Wales 8 Northern Ireland 13 Scotland 67 Strathclyde 39 Highland and Islands 3 Grampian 5 Tayside 5 Lothian and Borders 12 Fife 3 Central 0 Dumfries 0 1 Including late call and heat and smoke damage incidents. 2 Including caravans, houseboats and other non-building permanent dwellings. 3 Data are provisional and fatality figures are likely to be revised downwards as later information becomes available. 4 Estimates of the revised figures for United Kingdom and England and Wales are shown in brackets.