§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many(a) malicious vehicle fires, (h) incidents of arson and (c) incidents of arson in educational establishments there were, broken down by local authority fire brigade area, in England and Wales, in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2001. [92497]
§ Mr. RaynsfordThe information requested is in the following table.
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Malicious fires1,2 by location and brigade area, England and Wales, 1997 and 20013 Brigade area 1997 total Road vehicles Educational establishments 20013 total Road vehicles Educational establishments Somerset 448 226 15 808 511 15 Staffordshire 1,169 653 3 1,742 1,135 33 Suffolk 386 164 6 701 404 16 Surrey 570 329 5 922 661 8 Warwickshire 535 343 10 765 567 5 West Sussex 582 239 2 985 539 5 Wiltshire 358 89 4 533 306 10 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 1 0 0 England—met. Counties 33,390 17,644 545 49,218 32,580 506 Greater Manchester 7,271 4,042 156 10,497 7,016 122 Merseyside 3,562 1,569 123 5,595 3,468 61 South Yorkshire 2,415 1,562 30 3,403 2,379 43 Tyne and Wear 3,152 1,581 29 3,808 2,259 35 West Midlands 5,900 3,044 66 7,551 4,826 57 West Yorkshire 4,702 2,874 69 8,111 6,168 90 Greater London 6,388 2,971 72 10,253 6,464 98 Wales 5,250 3,056 74 7,414 5,043 47 North Wales 635 275 23 1,153 689 0 Mid and West Wales 1,523 991 18 2,088 1,518 4 South Wales 3,092 1,791 33 4,173 2,836 42 1Including late call and heat and smoke damage incidents. 2Figures are based on sampled data weighted to true brigade totals. 3Figures are provisional