Schools: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many fires there were in schools in each of the last five years. (151481)

The latest figures we have are from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for England and Wales and cover 2000-04, with provisional figures for 2005.

	Number of fires	Total costs (£ million)	Arson (Percentage)
2000	1,275	45	63
2001	1,529	67	58
2002	1,332	67	55
2003	1,313	61	60
2004	1,291	52	56
2005²	1,166	¹—	45
¹ Not available ² Provisional

The costs are rounded to the nearest £1 million and are derived from the (then) ODPM’s cost of Fire Estimates, published last year. They cover property damage and the costs of the fire and rescue services attending the fires.

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007