Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment Transport and the Regions if he will list for each fire authority in England and Wales the value of the coastline element contained in the Fire Service standard spending assessment. [148912]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe value of the coastline element contained within the Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) for Fire, for 2001–02, for each fire authority in England, is either zero or the amount listed in the table.
These figures are on an all other things being equal basis and provide the amount that is allocated by the coastline element. They specifically do not indicate how much each authority benefits from the inclusion of the coastline element, since other factors would change if the coastline element were to be removed from the SSA formula.
The National Assembly for Wales advises that SSAs in Wales do not contain a coastline element for fire services.
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Fire authority Coastline element (£) Merseyside 496,023 Tyne and Wear 278,380 Isles of Scilly 293,564 Cornwall 3,355,745 Cumbria 1,240,057 Lincolnshire 981,922 Norfolk 1,032,537 Northumberland 1,062,906 Somerset 516,269 Suffolk 480,838 West Sussex 399,855 Isle of Wight 678,235 Avon 460,592
Fire authority Coastline element (£) Cleveland 308,749 Humberside 1,073,029 North Yorkshire 551,699 Dorset 875,632 Durham 101,229 East Sussex 531,453 Hampshire 480,838 Devon 2,353,577 Essex 1,417,208 Kent 926,246 Lancashire 369,486