Schools: Fires Philip Davies 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. Jim Knight 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 available2 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.