Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Youth Diversion events were undertaken by English fire and rescue services in 2013-14.

I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Home Office.

Fire and rescue services in England reported almost 24,300 visits which they defined as “fire setter and anti-social behaviour schemes and other youth diversion visits” in 2013/14, although not all services were able to provide figures. They also reported almost 24,000 visits defined as “other youth fire safety programmes”.