§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each fire authority in the United Kingdom(a) the SSA per head of population and (b) the actual spending per head of population in each year from 1992 to date. [70268]
§ Mr. George HowarthFigures detailing the fire standard spending assessment per head for all local authorities in England, for the financial years 1992–93 to 1998–99, are available in the relevant Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) Handbook—copies of which are in the Library.
Figures for the 1999–2000 provisional fire standard spending assessment per head were given in an answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth (Mr. Jenkins) on 11 January 1999, Official Report, columns 87–88. The final figures, which show only minor differences, will be published in the SSA Handbook for 1999–2000 in due course.
In Wales, standard spending assessments are not identified by service block.
Tables have been placed in the Library which give the spending figures on the fire service in England and Wales for the years 1992–93 to 1997–98.
Financial provision for the fire services in Scotland and Northern Ireland is the responsibility of my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.