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Home Office

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Mr. Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people died in house fires in each region in the United Kingdom in each of the last 20 years. [149791] Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information requested is contained in the table. Figures are available at fire brigade area level from 1982 onwards. Deaths in dwelling{ 1} fires, by brigade area, UK, 1982 to 1999 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Brigade area 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988{ 2} 1989 1990 United Kingdom 728 710 692 700 753 710 721 634 625 England and Wales 578 561 543 527 594 548 569 532 499 England 548 527 503 505 568 510 534 508 478 England--non-met 251 257 245 230 287 251 249 261 250 counties Avon 9 8 8 10 5 8 10 8 6 Bedfordshire 1 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 Berkshire 5 3 8 6 7 5 4 5 8 Buckinghamshire 4 2 6 1 4 2 3 6 6 Cambridgeshire 7 6 5 2 4 2 5 3 6 Cheshire 13 9 12 5 7 8 10 5 9 Cleveland 6 4 7 5 4 2 4 6 8 Cornwall 4 3 0 1 6 2 9 4 4 Cumbria 6 2 7 4 5 6 12 8 3 Derbyshire 12 15 8 9 13 13 6 7 10 Devon 7 14 8 9 11 8 5 6 12 Dorset 7 5 4 3 6 6 6 4 5 Durham 16 10 7 5 5 3 11 12 7 East Sussex 4 7 8 13 10 8 4 9 13 Essex 10 14 13 15 14 10 15 11 9 Gloucestershire 3 0 1 9 7 4 5 2 0 Hampshire 13 9 15 11 21 15 9 10 7 Hereford and Worcester 5 3 5 3 4 4 7 7 5 Hertfordshire 7 8 5 5 9 6 12 5 7 Humberside 7 12 6 9 5 9 11 9 10 Isle of Wight 0 5 3 1 4 2 0 0 0 Kent 6 8 14 7 13 17 9 13 18 Lancashire 23 22 16 21 24 14 16 13 14 Leicestershire 0 8 9 7 10 8 4 6 1 Lincolnshire 8 3 3 1 6 2 2 5 3 Norfolk 5 5 6 10 9 5 5 7 5 North Yorkshire 4 9 4 6 2 9 0 7 8 Northamptonshire 4 6 5 4 3 15 7 5 6 Northumberland 3 6 2 3 3 6 3 7 6 Nottinghamshire 6 14 16 7 12 12 11 17 9 Oxfordshire 4 3 1 3 9 4 4 4 3 Shropshire 4 0 2 3 6 2 4 5 1 Somerset 4 1 2 1 6 5 4 1 4 Staffordshire 5 11 3 9 7 6 7 9 6 Suffolk 5 2 6 9 4 4 3 4 6 Surrey 7 5 7 4 9 6 10 6 8 Warwickshire 7 6 3 1 1 4 2 4 5 West Sussex 4 5 6 3 5 2 4 12 4 Wiltshire 6 1 2 3 3 3 2 5 4 Isles of Scilly{3} -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 0 England--Met Counties 297 270 258 275 281 259 285 247 228 Greater Manchester 50 46 47 45 58 35 49 32 39 Merseyside 34 14 18 23 30 14 20 20 14 South Yorkshire 17 11 16 15 22 15 16 19 17 Tyne and Wear 23 13 30 15 10 16 20 15 19 West Midlands 35 36 29 24 34 24 37 31 20 West Yorkshire 21 33 21 36 26 32 22 30 25 Greater London 117 117 97 117 101 123 121 100 94 Wales{4} 30 34 40 22 26 38 35 24 21 North Wales 8 7 5 5 6 2 5 4 5 Mid and West Wales 12 12 12 8 8 18 11 5 4 South Wales 10 15 23 9 12 18 19 15 12 Northern Ireland 24 13 21 29 27 24 18 14 13 Scotland 126 136 128 144 132 138 134 88 113 Strathclyde 70 62 67 80 70 77 64 48 63 Highland and Islands 7 9 11 5 6 5 8 4 5 Grampian 8 10 6 14 9 8 5 10 11 Tayside 12 17 8 9 7 8 4 3 4 Lothian and Borders 21 22 20 22 23 16 25 16 18 Fife 3 7 4 4 7 9 10 3 5 Central 3 5 10 4 9 11 9 4 4 Dumfries 2 4 2 6 1 4 8 0 3 Brigade area 1991 1992 1993 1994{ 5} 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999{ 6,7} United Kingdom 613 578 530 488 559 564 562 506 463 (466){8} England and Wales 473 483 403 394 468 461 462 407 356 England 430 449 376 376 428 428 432 384 338 England--non-met 202 220 191 197 236 238 250 209 177 counties Avon 8 5 3 7 2 3 4 4 8 Bedfordshire 3 6 2 4 4 6 3 3 1 Berkshire 8 5 4 4 3 12 5 7 2 Buckinghamshire 2 0 5 3 4 4 7 1 4 Cambridgeshire 6 4 1 6 3 9 4 2 3 Cheshire 5 3 7 5 6 8 11 8 9 Cleveland 4 7 9 1 7 5 10 2 4 Cornwall 2 6 8 2 6 1 6 4 2 Cumbria 3 4 4 5 10 3 4 5 3 Derbyshire 6 16 4 10 6 5 7 8 8 Devon 3 4 3 5 5 6 4 6 4 Dorset 1 4 4 0 10 8 5 2 8 Durham 10 6 8 9 6 3 9 4 9 East Sussex 10 11 6 4 6 7 7 9 5 Essex 11 15 5 6 11 13 14 8 5 Gloucestershire 0 2 1 6 7 5 4 2 1 Hampshire 6 7 5 7 14 15 5 7 8 Hereford and Worcester 4 6 9 6 2 1 6 3 2 Hertfordshire 3 3 5 5 6 10 10 8 4 Humberside 6 8 5 9 18 8 7 10 5 Isle of Wight 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 Kent 3 10 10 11 12 12 7 5 6 Lancashire 16 13 21 12 21 19 22 17 15 Leicestershire 8 4 10 5 9 10 4 11 3 Lincolnshire 1 3 3 6 6 4 2 8 3 Norfolk 4 5 4 1 2 2 5 1 5 North Yorkshire 3 6 3 8 5 7 7 8 5 Northamptonshire 7 2 0 4 4 3 8 8 4 Northumberland 1 1 4 4 3 0 3 1 2 Nottinghamshire 15 8 6 5 4 11 16 10 9 Oxfordshire 0 4 3 3 4 10 4 10 6 Shropshire 6 6 1 7 1 1 3 0 2 Somerset 2 3 3 2 3 5 4 0 1 Staffordshire 12 15 5 4 8 7 10 8 6 Suffolk 2 0 4 2 9 0 6 6 2 Surrey 2 2 2 6 2 4 5 6 3 Warwickshire 10 6 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 West Sussex 7 3 6 3 1 2 5 3 7 Wiltshire 2 6 3 8 3 7 4 0 1 Isles of Scilly{3} 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 England--Met Counties 228 229 185 179 192 190 182 175 161 Greater Manchester 51 32 32 36 27 24 29 28 32 Merseyside 8 20 13 17 15 19 10 21 11 South Yorkshire 12 12 9 4 8 11 6 12 10 Tyne and Wear 12 12 14 11 6 12 5 8 5 West Midlands 39 37 24 21 26 19 16 18 21 West Yorkshire 26 17 25 24 29 35 24 23 21 Greater London 80 99 68 66 81 70 92 65 61 Wales{4} 43 34 27 18 40 33 30 23 18 North Wales 6 10 10 5 13 7 5 9 3 Mid and West Wales 14 10 9 3 11 8 9 3 5 South Wales 23 14 8 10 16 18 16 11 10 Northern Ireland 22 13 14 19 15 7 26 23 27 Scotland 118 82 113 75 76 96 74 76 80 Strathclyde 63 38 47 41 39 56 42 50 43 Highland and Islands 10 7 6 5 3 7 5 8 1 Grampian 11 10 10 4 4 9 7 5 4 Tayside 3 2 14 5 7 4 3 4 4 Lothian and Borders 17 9 18 9 6 6 8 2 13 Fife 6 10 13 7 6 8 2 4 9 Central 7 4 2 2 6 6 4 2 3 Dumfries 1 2 3 2 5 0 3 1 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Dwellings include houseboats, caravans and any other non-building structure used solely as a permanent residence. {2} Some casualty data have been revised since previous publication to take into account death certificate information provided by ONS and General Registrar Offices (Scotland and NI). Data revised in Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Fire Statistics, UK, 1999 (Issue 20/00). {3} Up until 1987 data for Isles of Scilly were included with Cornwall. {4} The brigades in Wales were restructured in April 1996. (North Wales--formerly Clywd and Gwynedd; Mid and West Wales--formerly Dyfed, Powys and West Glamorgan; and South Wales--formerly Gwent, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan). {5} Figures from 1994 onwards include late call, heat and smoke incidents. Prior to 1994 these incidents were not recorded. {6} 1999 UK totals are estimated to take account of likely revisions to the data once further information from death certificates etc have been received. No estimates have been made for individual brigade areas. {7} Provisional {8} Estimated Source: Home Office: Brigade FDR1 statistical returns

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

149791; 362 c740-4W;362 c740-3W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Death Housing Fires

Contains statistics

Yes

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