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Fires: Schools

Volume 474: debated on Tuesday 1 April 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fires there were in schools in England in each month in each of the last five years. (198058)

Information on the number of fires, in schools, attended by fire and rescue services, in England, in each month from 2002 to 2006 is available in the following table. Data for 2006 are provisional and subject to change.

Fires1 in schools by month of call, England, 2002 to 20062

Month of call

2002

2003

2004

2005

22006

Total

1,249

1,232

1,229

1,102

1,068

January

83

86

122

102

106

February

82

103

82

98

92

March

108

140

178

95

117

April

120

96

94

86

85

May

124

120

108

98

95

June

101

96

100

105

103

July

118

82

81

107

87

August

72

94

65

63

51

September

154

125

88

79

68

October

117

110

66

92

72

November

102

93

158

120

110

December

67

87

88

57

82

1 Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003.

2 Provisional.