HC Deb 19 December 1983 vol 51 c5W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in each of the past five years Her Majesty's Chief Inspector has reported that overmanning or other excess expenditures were prevalent in the London fire brigade.

Mr. Mellor

It is not our practice to disclose the contents of reports submitted by one of Her Majesty's inspectors of fire services in accordance with section 24 of the Fire Services Act 1947.