§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give details of the numbers of uniformed and non-uniformed staff which were employed by the former London fire brigade controlled by the Greater London council and the comparable numbers in each category now employed by the London fire and civil defence authority.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe respective establishment figures are:
31 March 86 1 April 86 Whole-time uniformed staff 7,159 6,849 Non-uniformed staff 997 1,181 Control room staff 196 196 On 1 April there was no immediate change in whole-time uniformed staff actually in post. The increase in non-uniformed staff chiefly reflected the need for the brigade to absorb a proportion of fire prevention staff formerly in the GLC architect's department, and to become self-administering.