HC Deb 25 January 1972 vol 829 c424W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many firemen were required to resign from the service in 1971 due to ill-health or injury, and how this compares with each year in the period 1965 to 1970, inclusive.

Mr. Sharples

Information for 1971 has not yet been collated. The number of firemen in England and Wales who retired from the service on medical grounds in each year from 1965 to 1970 is as follows:

1965 98
1966 77
1967 96
1968 113
1969 134
1970 148