§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many non-accidental vehicle fires there were, broken down by(a) fire brigade area and (b) local authority in England and Wales, in each year since January 1997. [79683]
§ Mr. LeslieThe table shows the number of malicious road vehicle 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 road vehicle fires, by local authority fire brigade 1997–2000 Number1 Brigade 1997 1998 1999 20002 England and Wales 38,218 43,383 56,836 63,780 England 35,163 40,090 51,888 58,941 England (non met counties) 17,519 20,505 26,564 30,671 Avon 887 1,158 1,669 2,049 Bedfordshire 512 533 727 962 Berkshire 509 561 720 862 Buckinghamshire 562 653 808 893 Cambridgeshire 504 537 827 881 Cheshire 432 567 619 667 Cleveland 571 755 1,125 1,208
Malicious road vehicle fires, by local authority fire brigade 1997–2000 Number1 Brigade 1997 1998 1999 20002 Cornwall 178 162 169 239 Cumbria 301 344 372 430 Derbyshire 507 567 85 802 Devon 442 462 499 556 Dorset 285 317 401 476 Durham 508 657 732 749 East Sussex 455 520 716 885 Essex 649 724 961 1,565 Gloucestershire 265 256 290 354 Hampshire 526 710 802 838 Hereford & Worcester 299 311 415 458 Hertfordshire 431 466 677 845 Humberside 722 902 1,186 1,092 Isle of Wight 22 10 21 19 Kent 1,086 1,397 1,864 2,368 Lancashire 821 918 1,229 1,170 Leicestershire 752 819 1,075 1,057 Lincolnshire 263 364 373 423 Norfolk 411 436 489 696 North Yorkshire 255 252 384 452 Northamptonshire 550 632 763 942 Northumberland 271 236 327 309 Nottinghamshire 818 1,062 1,562 1,776 Oxfordshire 373 478 544 686 Shropshire 309 309 315 409 Somerset 226 248 374 411 Staffordshire 653 809 955 971 Suffolk 164 148 222 326 Surrey 329 381 508 629 Warwickshire 343 397 461 506 West Sussex 238 291 389 435 Wiltshire 89 159 192 274 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 England (met counties) 17,644 19,585 25,324 28,269 Greater Manchester 4,042 4,130 5,166 5,723 Merseyside3 1,569 1,838 2,568 3,124 South Yorkshire 1,562 1,901 2,254 2,130 Tyne and Wear 1,581 1,738 2,068 1,953 West Midlands 3,044 3,110 4,154 4,424 West Yorkshire 2,875 3,491 4,169 4,818 Greater London 2,972 3,378 4,945 6,098 Wales 3,056 3,793 4,948 4,840 North Wales 274 314 488 632 Mid and West Wales 991 1,221 1,631 1,520 South Wales 1,791 2,258 2,829 2,688 1Includes "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).