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Young Offender Institutions: Fires

Volume 468: debated on Wednesday 28 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many fires were started by prisoners at each young offender institution in England and Wales in each of the last five years. (168550)

The following table lists the total number of ‘fire incidents’ reported in the incident report system at young offender institutions in England and Wales in each of the last five years. Fire incidents may be actual fires but could, for example, include mischievous activation of fire alarms. To ascertain whether the incident was an actual fire would require the analysis of each incident report, which could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The data is held in financial years.

Fire incidents at young offender institutions

Establishment

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Total

Ashfield

31

22

18

7

2

80

Brinsford

7

4

5

21

10

47

Castington

24

9

12

10

12

67

Cookham Wood

1

11

0

1

1

14

Downview

2

5

7

5

2

21

Eastwood Park

9

8

17

27

13

74

Feltham

17

23

60

45

44

189

Foston Hall

20

5

7

4

4

40

Hindley

12

23

5

32

38

110

Huntercombe

7

8

8

3

6

32

Lancaster Farms

4

3

6

8

25

46

Newhall

6

20

17

2

4

49

Parc

24

43

13

11

10

101

Stokeheath

9

4

10

19

27

69

Thorncross

3

0

0

2

4

9

Warren Hill

0

2

0

1

8

11

Werrington

0

1

0

0

9

10

Wetherby

9

14

24

8

4

59

Glen Parva

4

8

4

8

2

26

Onley

4

7

8

11

6

36

Rochester

2

3

5

2

3

15

Deerbolt

6

5

7

10

7

35

Reading

2

1

1

4

9

17

Aylesbury

5

8

3

4

11

31

Portland

4

5

17

11

4

41

Swinfen Hall

1

1

5

1

2

10

Northallerton

3

2

0

1

4

10

Total

216

245

259

258

271

1,249