Prisons: Fires

(asked on 12th January 2017) - View Source
Questioner
Tim Farron Portrait
Tim Farron
(Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fire related incidents have occurred in each of Her Majesty's prisons in each of the last 12 months.

Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 9th March 2017

We will never compromise on the safety of those in our care, and staff are trained to respond to emergency situations in a timely, appropriate manner.

All fires within establishments are reported via the Incident Reporting System from which the following data is obtained.

The table below provides a full picture of all fire related incidents that have occurred in each of Her Majesty's Prison over the last 12 months. The definition of fire incidents is not reserved for deliberate acts of arson; it also covers a wide range of circumstances including accidental fires. Although the Fire Service routinely attend fire incidents in prisons, the majority are relatively minor in their nature.

Fire Incidents in prisons in England and Wales, between January 2016 and December 2016

Estalishment

Jan-16

Feb-16

Mar-16

Apr-16

May-16

Jun-16

Jul-16

Aug-16

Sep-16

Oct-16

Nov-16

Dec-16

Totals

Altcourse

7

5

3

5

3

1

7

5

4

9

3

52

Ashfield

1

1

Aylesbury

2

1

3

Bedford

5

5

3

1

4

2

2

4

2

28

Belmarsh

3

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

11

Birmingham

5

1

1

2

9

16

12

4

10

11

4

7

82

Brinsford

1

2

1

5

5

5

1

1

4

1

4

2

32

Bristol

9

8

14

5

4

2

2

2

6

6

4

62

Brixton

1

2

2

5

Bronzefield

1

4

1

5

1

1

2

4

1

2

5

27

Buckley Hall

1

1

1

1

1

5

Bullingdon

1

3

1

2

2

1

1

2

3

2

1

19

Bure

3

2

1

1

1

1

2

11

Cardiff

5

1

4

2

1

13

Channings Wood

2

1

2

1

3

2

11

Chelmsford

4

5

3

2

6

5

7

4

5

3

5

49

Coldingley

1

3

2

1

1

2

1

11

Cookham Wood

3

1

1

2

1

1

1

10

Dartmoor

1

1

Deerbolt

5

5

8

9

4

5

1

6

43

Doncaster

2

2

1

9

7

14

3

4

5

11

12

5

75

Dovegate

5

1

1

2

3

2

4

3

21

Drake Hall

1

1

Durham

1

2

1

2

6

Eastwood Park

3

1

1

1

2

2

4

1

15

Erlestoke

3

3

3

2

11

Exeter

5

2

2

1

1

4

4

2

21

Featherstone

1

1

1

4

3

3

13

Feltham

5

1

1

1

1

2

2

13

Ford

1

1

Forest Bank

5

4

3

3

3

1

4

2

1

4

4

2

36

Foston Hall

1

1

1

3

Frankland

2

1

2

1

1

1

2

10

Full Sutton

1

1

Garth

1

1

5

1

3

1

3

1

4

20

Gartree

2

1

3

4

6

1

2

1

8

5

13

46

Glen Parva

1

4

3

5

3

1

7

5

6

3

5

43

Grendon/Spring Hill

1

1

1

3

Guys Marsh

2

3

2

4

1

3

4

1

20

Hatfield

1

1

Haverigg

1

1

2

2

1

2

9

Hewell

2

10

5

4

9

3

3

1

8

3

8

56

High Down

5

2

2

6

7

6

8

5

3

3

47

Highpoint

1

2

3

3

1

4

3

2

4

23

Hindley

3

3

2

6

3

2

2

21

Hollesley Bay

1

1

Holloway

1

1

7

9

Holme House

1

1

1

1

1

3

1

1

3

4

17

Hull

1

1

7

4

1

3

5

1

1

24

Humber

1

1

1

7

7

6

3

1

2

29

Huntercombe

1

1

Isis

1

2

2

1

4

2

1

1

5

3

4

5

31

Isle of Wight

5

3

2

10

Kennet

1

1

2

Lancaster Farms

3

1

3

1

1

2

1

2

14

Leeds

1

1

2

3

3

5

7

7

1

8

5

3

46

Leicester

1

1

3

1

2

1

1

6

16

Lewes

4

1

1

5

3

3

3

7

2

2

31

Lincoln

1

2

2

4

4

1

12

3

1

1

1

32

Lindholme

5

2

4

6

2

1

3

4

1

2

3

33

Littlehey

1

1

1

2

5

Liverpool

6

1

9

3

2

3

5

2

3

34

Long Lartin

1

1

2

Low Newton

1

1

1

1

4

Lowdham Grange

5

2

7

9

1

4

6

4

4

3

6

4

55

Maidstone

1

1

1

1

4

Manchester

1

1

1

2

1

1

3

3

13

Moorland

5

3

4

2

1

3

4

6

10

4

6

3

51

Morton Hall

2

1

1

1

2

3

5

15

Mount

2

2

2

4

9

2

2

1

1

3

2

30

New Hall

2

1

1

1

5

North Sea Camp

1

1

2

Northumberland

2

1

5

3

2

2

5

2

5

6

2

35

Norwich

2

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

3

6

6

2

28

Nottingham

5

10

3

7

5

3

11

5

9

6

10

4

78

Oakwood

5

3

3

3

1

1

2

6

2

4

4

34

Onley

4

3

1

4

3

2

1

1

1

4

2

26

Parc

2

1

4

5

7

1

2

4

3

1

4

34

Pentonville

2

2

4

3

3

2

4

5

1

1

4

3

34

Peterborough

3

5

2

4

1

9

6

2

8

8

48

Portland

2

8

2

2

2

3

1

2

1

2

1

26

Preston

2

7

2

1

3

2

3

1

21

Ranby

5

2

1

2

2

1

3

1

1

2

20

Risley

1

1

1

2

2

3

1

11

Rochester

6

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

14

Rye Hill

4

2

1

3

1

1

4

16

Send

1

1

2

Sheppey: Elmley

2

4

1

1

2

3

2

2

3

1

2

1

24

Sheppey: Standford Hill

1

1

2

Sheppey: Swaleside

7

2

6

1

4

7

12

5

5

7

7

10

73

Stocken

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

2

10

Stoke Heath

1

1

1

2

1

6

Styal

2

2

1

1

1

1

5

2

5

20

Swansea

1

3

2

1

3

2

12

Swinfen Hall

4

1

6

4

4

2

2

3

2

1

29

Thameside

6

4

9

6

7

14

19

13

7

8

4

4

101

Thorn Cross

1

1

Verne

1

1

1

1

1

5

Wakefield

1

1

2

1

5

Wandsworth

8

4

5

4

2

9

1

5

2

1

1

1

43

Wayland

2

5

3

8

7

5

6

8

3

5

4

1

57

Wealstun

2

4

2

1

5

3

2

1

20

Werrington

5

3

8

4

6

4

5

2

1

5

1

44

Wetherby

7

4

5

6

10

1

8

2

4

4

2

1

54

Whitemoor

1

2

2

2

7

Winchester

2

1

3

3

6

5

2

4

4

4

13

47

Woodhill

1

1

1

5

1

3

4

2

5

5

28

Wormwood Scrubs

3

4

3

2

7

1

8

5

3

3

2

3

44

Wymott

3

3

1

2

1

1

1

12

Escort Areas

1

1

Reticulating Splines