§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many incidents of arson there were, broken down by(a) fire brigade area and (b) local authority in England and Wales in each year since January 1997. [79674]
§ Mr. LeslieThe table shows the number of malicious fires attended by local authority fire brigades in England and Wales between 1997 and 2000. 2000 is the latest year for which data are available.
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Malicious fires by local authority fire brigades 1997–2000 Number1 Brigade 1997 1998 1999 20002 England and Wales 72,932 75,541 91,072 98,005 England 67,682 69,735 84,146 91,171 England (non met counties) 34,292 36,018 43,290 47,735 Avon 1,514 1,657 2,218 2,666 Bedfordshire 824 780 997 1,273 Berkshire 800 767 1,017 1,152 Buckinghamshire 926 984 1,138 1,263 Cambridgeshire 890 953 1,188 1,294 Cheshire 1,129 1,149 1,229 1,332 Cleveland 1,353 1,338 1,843 2,045 Cornwall 347 393 332 426 Cumbria 557 537 663 654 Derbyshire 949 1,002 1,244 1,225 Devon 959 948 992 947
Malicious fires by local authority fire brigades 1997–2000 Number1 Brigade 1997 1998 1999 20002 Dorset 643 521 684 799 Durham 1,151 1,237 1,322 1,306 East Sussex 857 874 1,116 1,346 Essex 1,128 1,198 1,657 2,284 Gloucestershire 527 544 553 639 Hampshire 1,205 1,377 1,427 1,365 Hereford and Worcester 610 549 692 706 Hertfordshire 848 784 1,091 1,275 Humberside 1,528 1,798 2,031 1,886 Isle of Wight 87 68 78 84 Kent 1,865 2,148 2,664 3,070 Lancashire 1,968 2,117 2,532 2,534 Leicestershire 1,345 1,469 1,671 1,664 Lincolnshire 551 692 771 742 Norfolk 850 859 858 1,106 North Yorkshire 552 568 655 739 Northamptonshire 929 991 1,195 1,366 Northumberland 528 471 584 570 Nottinghamshire 1,661 1,786 2,463 2,624 Oxfordshire 645 772 787 960 Shropshire 518 579 564 694 Somerset 448 471 579 646 Staffordshire 1,169 1,287 1,450 1,542 Suffolk 386 381 461 600 Surrey 570 609 724 881 Warwickshire 535 506 664 721 West Sussex 582 588 734 794 Wiltshire 358 266 422 515 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 England (met counties) 33,390 33,717 40,856 43,436 Greater Manchester 7,271 7,231 8,467 8,887 Merseyside3 3,562 3,691 4,755 5,348 South Yorkshire 2,415 2,660 3,081 3,014 Tyne and Wear 3,152 3,173 3,466 3,326 West Midlands 5,900 5,480 6,762 6,970 West Yorkshire 4,702 5,120 5,802 6,472 Greater London 6,388 6,362 8,523 9,419 Wales 5,250 5,806 6,926 6,834 North Wales 635 758 930 1,058 Mid and West Wales 1,523 1,721 2,123 1,959 South Wales 3,092 3,327 3,873 3,817 1 Includes "late" call and heat and smoke damage incidents. 2 Provisional. 3 Includes estimates for a small number of incidents not recorded during industrial action (Merseyside July 2001).