§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of fire engines(a) in each fire brigade and (b) in total, (i) in each of the last three years and (ii) on the last date for which figures are available. [81556]
§ Mr. George HowarthThe number of pumping appliances in each brigade in England and Wales on 1 January in each of the last three years was:
Number of pumping appliances at stations on 1 January 1997 1998 1999 Avon 39 39 39 Bedfordshire and Luton 29 25 25 Buckinghamshire 31 31 31 Cambridgeshire 37 37 33 Cheshire 46 46 45 Cleveland 23 23 23 Cornwall 67 66 66 County Durham and Darlington 28 35 35 Cumbria 54 54 54 Derbyshire 46 45 45 Devon 81 81 81 Dorset 61 59 59 East Sussex 38 38 38 Essex 75 75 75 Gloucestershire 33 33 35 Greater Manchester 73 72 72 Hampshire 95 96 96 Hereford and Worcester 44 43 43 Hertfordshire 43 43 43 Humberside 49 49 49 Isle of Wight 16 16 16 Isles of Scilly 4 3 4 Kent 87 87 87 Lancashire 65 65 66 Leicestershire 33 33 33 Lincolnshire 48 48 48 London 117 177 175 Merseyside 45 43 42 Mid and West Wales 83 83 83 Norfolk 52 52 52 North Wales 74 74 75 North Yorkshire 45 45 45 Northamptonshire 28 28 28 Northumberland 23 25 23 Nottinghamshire 36 36 36 Oxfordshire 36 36 36 Royal Berkshire 25 25 25 Shropshire 38 38 38 Somerset 42 42 42 South Wales 81 87 86 South Yorkshire 31 32 32 Staffordshire 48 48 48 Suffolk 47 47 47 Surrey 41 41 41 Tyne and Wear 34 34 34 Warwickshire 27 27 27 West Midlands 62 62 62 West Sussex 46 46 46 West Yorkshire 67 68 66 Wiltshire 34 34 36 Total 2,467 2,472 2,466 Northern Ireland 111 111 111