Barbecues: Moorland
(asked on 1st September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of moorland fires caused by BBQs from May to August 2020.
This question was answered on 10th September 2020
The Home Office publishes figures on accidental primary fires started by barbecues in table FIRE0605, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire. The data is available from 2010/11 to 2018/19. 2019/20 data will be published on 2 October 2020. Data for May to August 2020 will be published in Autumn 2021.
In 2018/19, there were 90 accidental outdoor primary fires started by barbecues in England.