HC Deb 05 March 1996 vol 273 cc202-3W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is(a) the average budget for Metropolitan fire brigades and (b) the budget for the west midlands fire and civil defence authority in 1996–97. [19050]

Mr. Sackville

The information for 1996–97 is not yet held centrally. For 1995–96 the position is as follows:

£million
London 254.12
Greater Manchester 74.34
Merseyside 49.54
South Yorkshire 32.93
Tyne and Wear 36.18
West Midlands 71.85
West Yorkshire 55.08
Average 82.01