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Kelvin Hopkins:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people were killed in dwelling fires in each fire authority area in each year since 1994. [199073]
Mr. Dhanda:
The following table shows the number of fatal casualties from dwelling fires, for each Fire and Rescue Service in England, in each year since 1997.
| Fatal casualties in dwelling fires( 1,2) by FRS area and year, UK, 1994-2006 |
| FRS area | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|
England
|
366
|
428
|
428
|
432
|
383
|
334
|
351
|
358
|
309
|
345
|
269
|
369
|
287
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
England—Non-Met counties
|
189
|
236
|
238
|
250
|
202
|
174
|
189
|
188
|
179
|
179
|
137
|
201
|
165
|
|
Avon
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
Berkshire
|
5
|
3
|
12
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
5
|
3
|
9
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
|
Cheshire
|
6
|
6
|
8
|
11
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
|
Cleveland
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
10
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Cornwall
|
0
|
6
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
|
Cumbria
|
4
|
10
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
8
|
3
|
|
Derbyshire
|
9
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
8
|
7
|
10
|
5
|
10
|
11
|
6
|
7
|
1
|
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|
Devon
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
|
Dorset
|
1
|
10
|
8
|
5
|
1
|
8
|
2
|
8
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
|
Durham
|
9
|
6
|
3
|
9
|
4
|
9
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
|
East Sussex
|
2
|
6
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
|
Essex
|
5
|
11
|
13
|
14
|
6
|
6
|
10
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
6
|
10
|
8
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Hampshire
|
7
|
14
|
15
|
5
|
8
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
11
|
|
Hereford and Worcester
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
4
|
6
|
10
|
10
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
4
|
|
Humberside
|
9
|
18
|
8
|
7
|
10
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
1
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
—
|
1
|
|
Kent
|
10
|
12
|
12
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
9
|
11
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
|
Lancashire
|
9
|
21
|
19
|
22
|
15
|
15
|
17
|
14
|
23
|
13
|
15
|
17
|
19
|
|
Leicestershire
|
3
|
9
|
10
|
4
|
9
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
9
|
12
|
6
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
|
Norfolk
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
5
|
9
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
7
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
8
|
8
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
6
|
5
|
|
Northumberland
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
5
|
4
|
11
|
16
|
10
|
8
|
3
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
3
|
4
|
10
|
4
|
8
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
Shropshire
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
|
Somerset
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
|
Staffordshire
|
6
|
8
|
7
|
10
|
8
|
7
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
8
|
9
|
|
Suffolk
|
2
|
9
|
0
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
Surrey
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
7
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
|
Warwickshire
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
—
|
|
West Sussex
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
12
|
13
|
4
|
|
Wiltshire
|
8
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
England—Met counties
|
177
|
192
|
190
|
182
|
181
|
160
|
162
|
170
|
130
|
166
|
132
|
168
|
122
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
35
|
27
|
24
|
29
|
24
|
29
|
23
|
27
|
17
|
28
|
17
|
23
|
23
|
|
Merseyside
|
16
|
15
|
19
|
10
|
21
|
8
|
22
|
15
|
9
|
10
|
13
|
15
|
4
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
3
|
8
|
11
|
6
|
12
|
11
|
12
|
18
|
5
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
9
|
|
Tyne and Wear
|
12
|
6
|
12
|
5
|
16
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
7
|
|
West Midlands
|
21
|
26
|
19
|
16
|
19
|
22
|
30
|
23
|
18
|
17
|
17
|
24
|
24
|
|
West Yorkshire
|
23
|
29
|
35
|
24
|
23
|
20
|
22
|
12
|
21
|
25
|
23
|
32
|
18
|
|
Greater London
|
67
|
81
|
70
|
92
|
66
|
65
|
48
|
68
|
56
|
67
|
46
|
57
|
37
|
(1) Including late call and heat and smoke damage incidents (except 1994)
(2) Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003
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