Friday 15th October 2004
False Alarm Emergency Calls

Mr. Bercow: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious false alarm fire emergency calls were received in Buckinghamshire in each year since 2001. [191054]

Mr. Raynsford: The number of fire false alarm calls attended by the Buckinghamshire fire and rescue service is as follows:

	(a) Genuine		(b) Malicious
	Good Intent	Due to Apparatus
2001	1,611	2,435	459
2002	1,637	2,304	418
2003 (Provisional)	1,193	2,417	357

Note
2002 and 2003 figures include estimates for fire false alarms not recorded during periods of industrial action.