§ Mr. Wigginasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the establishment and numbers of retained firemen in each of the counties of England and Wales in each of the past five years.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe information in respect of each of the years 1973 to 1977—the latest five years for which figures are available—is given in the table in the last appendix to the annual reports of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Fire Services for England and Wales for each year, which were published as Cmnds. 5674 of 1974, 6145 of 1975, 6530 of 1976, 6859 of 1977 and 7311 of 1978.