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Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the total numbers of fires in the UK in (a) 1998-1999 and (b) 1999-2000 were in each fire authority area. [159769] Mr. Mike O'Brien: The response is shown in the table. Number of fires{ 1,2} in the UK and percentage of the total by fire authority area _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99{ 3} 1999-2000{ 3} Number % Number % United Kingdom 405,174 -- 487,425 -- England and Wales 40,632 84 415,563 85 England 315,489 78 384,233 79 England (Non Met Counties) 170,475 42 205,082 42 Avon 5,908 1 7,132 1 Bedfordshire 2,817 1 3,518 1 Berkshire 3,830 1 4,808 1 Buckinghamshire 3,895 1 4,920 1 Cambridgeshire 3,497 1 4,165 1 Cheshire 5,996 1 7,336 2 Cleveland 5,893 1 8,353 2 Cornwall 2,338 1 2,697 1 Cumbria 3,065 1 3,679 1 Derbyshire 4,562 1 5,448 1 Devon 5,771 1 6,532 1 Dorset 3,164 1 3,606 1 Durham 5,357 1 6,666 1 East Sussex 4,063 1 4,994 1 Essex 7,360 2 9,195 2 Gloucestershire 2,673 1 2,887 1 Hampshire 8,089 2 9,547 2 Hereford and Worcester 3,345 1 3,832 1 Hertfordshire 4,552 1 5,521 1 Humberside 7,762 2 9,006 2 Isle of Wight 659 0 678 0 Kent 8,825 2 10,762 2 Lancashire 10,807 3 12,958 3 Leicestershire 5,058 1 5,808 1 Lincolnshire 2,985 1 3,555 1 Norfolk 3,532 1 3,838 1 North Yorkshire 2,957 1 3,493 1 Northamptonshire 4,300 1 4,675 1 Northumberland 2,088 1 2,864 1 Nottinghamshire 6,665 2 9,231 2 Oxfordshire 2,946 1 3,141 1 Shropshire 2,599 1 3,141 1 Somerset 2,359 1 2,770 1 Staffordshire 6,165 2 7,390 2 Suffolk 2,537 1 2,843 1 Surrey 3,663 1 4,475 1 Warwickshire 2,599 1 3,107 1 West Sussex 3,470 1 3,974 1 Wiltshire 2,314 1 2,528 1 Isles of Scilly 10 0 7 0 England (Met Counties) 145,014 36 179,151 37 Greater Manchester 24,698 6 30,982 6 Merseyside 17,292 4 22,592 5 South Yorkshire 10,741 3 13,292 3 Tyne and Wear 13,005 3 16,304 3 West Midlands 20,923 5 25,822 5 West Yorkshire 17,533 4 20,763 4 Greater London{4} 40,822 10 49,396 6 Wales 25,143 6 31,331 6 North Wales 4,582 1 5,508 1 Mid and West Wales 6,715 2 8,513 2 South Wales 13,846 3 17,310 4 Northern Ireland 18,007 4 18,552 4 Scotland 46,535 11 53,310 11 Strathclyde 24,146 6 27,219 6 Highland and Islands 2,345 1 2,284 0 Grampian 3,570 1 3,964 1 Tayside 3,669 1 4,334 1 Lothian and Borders 7,149 2 9,508 2 Fife 2,766 1 3,081 1 Central 1,945 0 2,015 0 Dumfries 945 0 904 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Fires include primary (mainly property), secondary (mainly outdoors) and chimney fires {2} Includes `late' calls and heat and smoke damage incidents {3} Provisional {4} Includes estimates for missing data--secondary and chimney fires (London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority Q1 2000)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

159769; 367 c521W;367 c521-3W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Fires

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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