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False Fire Alarms

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many malicious false fire alarms were attended by the fire and rescue service in (a) each London borough and (b) constituency since 2004-05. [86813]

Angela E. Smith: Information provided by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) is shown in the following tables:

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Malicious false fire alarms attended by London borough
	2004-05	2005-06
Barking and Dagenham	342	158
Barnet	245	157
Bexley	119	62
Brent	312	137
Bromley	182	122
Camden	267	321
City of London	18	13
Croydon	140	165
Ealing	234	96
Enfield	327	150
Greenwich	308	152
Hackney	368	121
Hammersmith and Fulham	132	59
Haringey	390	181
Harrow	222	91
Havering	114	78
Hillingdon	169	88
Hounslow	152	61
Islington	265	95
Kensington and Chelsea	135	66
Kingston-upon-Thames	65	64
Lambeth	348	149
Lewisham	324	109
Merton	65	41
Newham	446	173
Redbridge	136	103
Richmond-upon-Thames	35	26
Southwark	385	175
Sutton	65	36
Tower Hamlets	513	219
Waltham Forest	263	154
Wandsworth	196	102
Westminster	301	196

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Malicious false fire alarms attended by constituency
	2004-05	2005-06
Barking	177	96
Battersea	62	35
Beckenham	50	28
Bethnal Green and Bow	311	129
Bexleyheath and Crayford	49	26
Brent East	90	52
Brent North	88	33
Brent South	134	52
Brentford and Isleworth	83	30
Bromley and Chislehurst	57	35
Camberwell and Peckham	139	70
Carshalton and Wallington	37	26
Chingford and Woodford Green	37	45
Chipping Barnet	63	23
Cities of London and Westminster	231	167
Croydon Central	60	84
Croydon North	60	45
Croydon South	20	36
Dagenham	165J	62
Dulwich and West Norwood	93	38
Ealing North	82	30
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush	109	47
Ealing, Southall	101	50
East Ham	179	60
Edmonton	84	45
Eltham	71	45
Enfield North	166	69
Enfield, Southgate	77	36
Erith and Thamesmead	135	53
Feltham and Heston	69	31
Finchley and Golders Green	62	47
Greenwich and Woolwich	153	68
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	154	52
Hackney South and Shoreditch	214	69
Hammersmith and Fulham	74	28
Hampstead and Highgate	51	45
Harrow East	183	76
Harrow West	39	15
Hayes and Harlington	103	44
Hendon	120	87
Holborn and St. Pancras	216	276
Hornchurch	31	28
Hornsey and Wood Green	135	86
Ilford North	46	25
Ilford South	75	63
Islington North	117	48
Islington South and Finsbury	148	46
Kensington and Chelsea	67	37
Kingston and Surbiton	61	60
Lewisham East	139	45
Lewisham West	114	42
Lewisham, Deptford	71	22
Leyton and Wanstead	88	49
Mitcham and Morden	41	27
North Southwark and Bermondsey	198	87
Old Bexley and Sidcup	19	22
Orpington	75	59
Poplar and Canning Town	290	132
Putney	42	24
Regent’s Park and Kensington North	155	70
Richmond Park	12	13
Romford	48	26
Ruislip-Northwood	26	17
Streatham	85	54
Sutton and Cheam	28	10
Tooting	92	43
Tottenham	255	95
Twickenham	27	17
Upminster	35	24
Uxbridge	40	27
Vauxhall	218	75
Walthamstow	153	75
West Ham	179	71
Wimbledon	24	14
Note: Data supplied by LFEPA.

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The total number of malicious false fire alarms by constituency is slightly less than by borough because of missing geographic information.

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