§ Mr. StunellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the average service life of operational Fire Service vehicles by fire service in England. [111516]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe table sets out the information by Brigade for the twelve months to 31 March 1999:
Vehicles: actual replacement period in years Brigade Pumps1 Aerials2 Specials3 Avon 15 15 16 Bedfordshire and Luton 13 15 15 Buckinghamshire 12 15 15 Cambridgeshire 14 15 12 Cheshire 13 19 10–20 Cleveland 13 15 17 Cornwall 15 15 17 County Durham and Darlington 15 15 15 Cumbria 16 18 18 Derbyshire 12 10–15 15 Devon 7 15 20 Dorset 13 15 15–18 East Sussex 14–15 20 15 Essex 13 16 16 Gloucestershire 10 15 13 Greater Manchester 10 10 10 Hampshire 12 15 22 Hereford and Worcester 12 15 12 Hertfordshire 12 15 15 Humberside 15 19 19 Isle of Wight 20 20 20 Isles of Scilly 15 n/a n/a Kent 15 15 15 Lancashire 12 16 8–15 Leicestershire 16 17 17 Lincolnshire 15 20 15 London 13 17 n/a Merseyside 10 16 16 Norfolk 15 20 20 North Yorkshire 16 23 12 Northamptonshire 13 17 13 Northumberland 18 n/a n/a Nottinghamshire 12 17 18 Oxfordshire 11 19 10 Royal Berkshire 13 19 12 Shropshire 12–15 20 12 Somerset 17 18 10–20 South Yorkshire 13 18 10 and 15 Staffordshire 14 20 8–20 Suffolk 15 20 20 Surrey 12 12 12 Tyne and Wear 12 15 19 Warwickshire 12–13 15–16 10–15 West Midlands 12 15 12 West Sussex 12 15 15 West Yorkshire 10 12–15 10–15 Wiltshire 16 15 15–20 1 Pumps: what the public traditionally class as a fire engine 2 Aerials: turntable or hydraulic platform 3 Specials: vehicles providing special facilities, eg command and control, heavy rescue, water tankers, etc