§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will list by fire service board in Scotland,(a) the level of the capital expenditure budget and (b) the number and capital cost of fire appliances expected to be acquired for the current financial year; [41814]
Fire brigade1 Central Scotland Dumfries and Galloway3 Fife Grampian3 Highlands and Islands Lothian and Borders Strathclyde Tayside 1995–96 Capital expenditure budget (£000) 945 300 469 1,362 1,460 1,520 4,450 717 Fire appliances2 acquired: number 2 0 3 0 4 4 15 2 cost (£000) 210 — 1— — 384 480 1,613 235 Average age of fleet (years) 6.6 7.5 7.6 7 8.5 8 7.3 6.5 1996–97 Capital expenditure budget (£000) 885 585 852 2,290 1,575 1,732 6,490 1,571 Fire appliances2 acquired: number 2 50 2 0 4 6 13 2 cost (£000) 217 158 229 — 400 770 1,115 216 Average age of fleet (years) 7 8.5 6.8 8 8.3 7.5 6.0 7.1 1997–98 Capital expenditure budget (£000) 1,058 515 826 1,457 1,696 2,421 6,365 1,232 Fire appliances2 acquired: number 3 4 3 8 5 5 4 4 cost (£000) 330 350 353 837 436 670 5966 446 Average age of fleet (years) 6.7 7.5 7.1 7 7.1 7.5 4.6 7 1998–99 Capital expenditure budget (£000) 2,175 479 777 1,361 1,576 2,457 5,734 1,134 Fire appliances2 acquired: number 2 1+1 chassis 2 6 5 4 4 4 cost (£000) 220 160 240 650 472 450 435 430 1 The information is given for all 8 Scottish Fire Brigades: Dumfries and Galloway Fire Brigade and Fife Fire and Rescue Service are directly administered by the Councils for those areas, not by joint boards 2 The information relates to operational fire appliances of the conventional type. Aerial and other special appliances, and light fire appliances, have been excluded 3 Vehicle purchase to some extent funded from revenue 4 Up to 1996–97 Fife Fire and Rescue Service's appliances were all leased 5 Expenditure is shown, here and elsewhere in the table, in the year in which it was incurred. Brigades frequently purchase chassis in one year and take delivery of completed fire appliances in the following year Source:
Returns from brigades