HC Deb 11 May 1961 vol 640 cc76-81W
Mr. Swingler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, for each county and county borough area, the extent of undermanning in the fire service, for the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The following table shows, for each fire brigade in England and Wales, the establishment

Fire Brigade Establishment Strength
Permanent Temporary
Counties—England—
Bedfordshire 126 117
Berkshire and Reading 152 134
Buckinghamshire 222 140
Cambridgeshire 74 71
Cheshire 398 355 22
Cornwall 106 92 1
Cumberland 49 47
Derbyshire 281 217
Devon 113 110
Dorset 111 106
Durham 340 328 38
Essex 1,020 826
Gloucestershire 98 97 3
Hampshire 169 167
Herefordshire 48 41 7
Hertfordshire 283 282
Huntingdonshire 15 15
Isle of Ely 23 22
Isle of Wight 20 19
Isles of Scilly
Kent 877 796 5
Lancashire 920 839 10
Leicestershire and Rutland 109 92 2
Lincs. (Holland) 22 22
Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 21
Lincs. (Lindsey) 100 98
London 2,482 2,328
Middlesex 1,447 1,282
Monmouthshire 113 107
Norfolk 52 51 1
Northamptonshire 84 84
Northumberland 248 219
Nottinghamshire 209 207
Oxfordshire 38 38
Salop 105 100 3
Soke of Peterborough 39 38
Somerset 113 112
Staffordshire 356 277 19
Suffolk (East) 150 136
Suffolk (West and Ipswich)
Surrey 784 710
Sussex (East) 104 95 5
Sussex (West) 121 123
Warwickshire 265 141 2
Westmorland 14 14
Wiltshire 104 100
Worcester County and County Borough 159 151 7
Yorks. (East Riding) 32 30
Yorks. (North Riding) 150 144
Yorks. (West Riding) 760 732
Counties—Wales—
Anglesey 14 13
Brecon and Radnorshire 13 14 3
Caernarvonshire 36 36
Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire 71 67
Denbigh and Montgomeryshire 63 53
Flintshire 62 61
Glamorgan 270 260 4
Merionethshire 6 6
Pembrokeshire 33 32
Total 14,196 12,815 132

and strength of whole-time firemen at 31st December. 1960.

Fire Brigade Establishment Strength
Permanent Temporary
County Boroughs—England—
Barnsley 59 56
Barrow-in-Furness 47 50
Bath 50 50
Birkenhead 106 106
Birmingham 640 598
Blackburn 63 59
Blackpool 105 99
Bolton 93 91
Bootle 98 92 1
Bournemouth 105 100
Bradford 135 132
Brighton 98 97
Bristol 279 273
Burnley 54 52
Burton-on-Trent 44 44
Bury 52 52
Carlisle 47 47
Chester 46 46
Coventry 169 122
Croydon 146 143
Darlington 44 44
Derby 103 88
Dewsbury 53 53
Doncaster 52 48
Dudley 43 43
Eastbourne 42 41
East Ham 70 70 1
Exeter 52 45
Gloucester 51 51
Great Yarmouth 46 46
Grimsby 60 59
Halifax 84 77 1
Hastings 51 51
Huddersfield 70 68
Kingston-upon-Hull 239 237
Leeds 282 238
Leicester 121 116
Lincoln 56 53 1
Liverpool 638 587
Manchester 379 331
Middlesbrough 93 85 1
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead 258 243
Newport (Mon.) 74 74
Northampton 63 56
Norwich 64 63
Nottingham 145 144
Oldham 96 92
Oxford 60 56
Plymouth 134 130
Portsmouth 139 135
Preston 72 72
Rochdale 58 58
Rotherham 66 66
St. Helens 78 75
Salford 106 105
Sheffield 215 200
Smethwick and West Bromwich 89 87
Southampton 143 143
Southend-on-Sea 82 77
Southport 44 43
South Shields 75 75
Stockport 78 74
Stoke-on-Trent 104 105
Sunderland 100 95
Tynemouth 52 50
Wakefield 59 56 1
Wallasey 64 61
Walsall 63 60

Fire Brigade Establishment Strength
Permanent Temporary
County BoroughsEnglandcont.
Warrington 61 59
West Ham 153 140
West Hartlepool 52 48
Wigan 59 58
Wolverhampton 83 83
York 65 65
County Boroughs—Wales—
Cardiff 113 110
Merthyr Tydfil 31 31
Swansea 109 103
Total County Boroughs 8,372 7,932 6
Total County Councils 14,196 12,815 132
GRAND TOTALS 22,568 20,747 138

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