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Home Office more like this
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unstar this property hansard heading Housing: Fires more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fires in residential properties have been caused by gas faults in the last (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 10 years. more like this
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Yvonne Fovargue more like this
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star this property answer text <p>Fire is a devolved matter and Home Office is responsible only for fire in England.</p><p>Home Office publishes incident level statistics on dwelling fires in England including cause of fire and ignition power, and on fire-related fatalities in England including cause of fire. These can be found in the ‘Dwelling fires dataset’ and ‘Fire-related dataset’ here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets</a></p><p>From these, the data in the tables below can be extracted. Record level information is published from 2010/11 - although the national Incident Recording System began in April 2009 there are a few minor issues with the 2009/10 records which mean that, while statistics at higher levels are robust, some of the incident level records are not of a sufficient quality to publish.</p><p>The most recent estimates of the economic cost of fire were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government for 2008. This can be found here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1. Number of dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’, where the ignition power was either electricity or gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Ignition power</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Electric</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>6,778</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,851</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,462</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,487</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>6,247</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,374</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>6,386</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table 2. Number of fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Fire-related fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fire fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note that 71 of the 92 fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’ in 2017/18 (Table 2) are from the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner more like this
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Home Office more like this
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unstar this property hansard heading Electrical Safety: Fires more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fires caused by electrical faults there have been in residential properties in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years. more like this
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Yvonne Fovargue more like this
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star this property answer text <p>Fire is a devolved matter and Home Office is responsible only for fire in England.</p><p>Home Office publishes incident level statistics on dwelling fires in England including cause of fire and ignition power, and on fire-related fatalities in England including cause of fire. These can be found in the ‘Dwelling fires dataset’ and ‘Fire-related dataset’ here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets</a></p><p>From these, the data in the tables below can be extracted. Record level information is published from 2010/11 - although the national Incident Recording System began in April 2009 there are a few minor issues with the 2009/10 records which mean that, while statistics at higher levels are robust, some of the incident level records are not of a sufficient quality to publish.</p><p>The most recent estimates of the economic cost of fire were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government for 2008. This can be found here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1. Number of dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’, where the ignition power was either electricity or gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Ignition power</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Electric</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>6,778</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,851</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,462</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,487</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>6,247</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,374</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>6,386</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table 2. Number of fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Fire-related fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fire fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note that 71 of the 92 fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’ in 2017/18 (Table 2) are from the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner more like this
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Home Office more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been injured or killed by fires caused by electrical faults in residential properties in the last (a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland. more like this
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Yvonne Fovargue more like this
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star this property answer text <p>Fire is a devolved matter and Home Office is responsible only for fire in England.</p><p>Home Office publishes incident level statistics on dwelling fires in England including cause of fire and ignition power, and on fire-related fatalities in England including cause of fire. These can be found in the ‘Dwelling fires dataset’ and ‘Fire-related dataset’ here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets</a></p><p>From these, the data in the tables below can be extracted. Record level information is published from 2010/11 - although the national Incident Recording System began in April 2009 there are a few minor issues with the 2009/10 records which mean that, while statistics at higher levels are robust, some of the incident level records are not of a sufficient quality to publish.</p><p>The most recent estimates of the economic cost of fire were published by the Department for Communities and Local Government for 2008. This can be found here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121105004836/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/1838338.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 1. Number of dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’, where the ignition power was either electricity or gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Ignition power</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Electric</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fires</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>6,778</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>6,595</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>6,851</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6,462</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>6,487</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>6,247</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,374</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>6,386</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Table 2. Number of fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Fire-related fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>% of all dwelling fire fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note that 71 of the 92 fire-related fatalities in dwelling fires caused by ‘faulty fuel supplies’ or ‘faulty appliances and leads’ in 2017/18 (Table 2) are from the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017.</p>
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star this property answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd more like this
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