§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the number of people employed in the fire service in Wales in each of the brigades. [38985]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe following table shows the establishment figures as at 1 January 1995 which have been taken from returns made by the brigades:
Regular firefighters Retained firefighters Control room personnel Clwyd 185 225 22 Dyfed 228 342 17 Mid Glamorgan 335 264 21 South Glamorgan 323 24 17 West Glamorgan 247 111 18 Gwent 286 189 20 Gwynedd 105 418 15 Powys 31 257 9 Total 1,740 1,830 139
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on response rates by the fire brigades in Wales. [38988]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe following table shows the average response time in minutes in respect of fire incidents, taken from when the brigade answered the first call to when the first fire appliances attended at the fireground:
Brigade 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Clywd 7 7 8 7 7 Dyfed 9 9 9 9 8 Gwent 8 8 7 8 7 Gwynedd 9 9 9 9 10 Mid Glamorgan 9 8 9 9 9 Powys 10 11 11 10 10 South Glamorgan 6 6 6 7 6 West Glamorgan 7 7 7 7 6
§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the annual budget for each fire brigade in Wales, in real terms, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [38986]
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§ Mr. KirkhopeThe budgeted net current expenditure for the brigades concerned—at constant 1995–96 prices—is as follows:
£ million 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Clwyd 8.8 8.7 8.8 8.8 9.5 Dyfed 9.1 9.2 8.7 9.2 9.2 Gwent 11.7 11.3 11.6 11.6 11.4 Gwynedd 6.1 5.9 6.2 6.2 6.1 Mid Glamorgan 12.8 12.8 13.1 13.1 13.0 Powys 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 South Glamorgan 10.0 9.7 9.8 10.0 9.9 West Glamorgan 10.3 9.4 9.7 10.0 10.1