§ Mr. Alan CampbellTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many fire stations have been(a) opened and (b) closed since 1995. [65521]
Number of fire stations in England and Wales at 1 January 1995–1 January 2002 Brigade name 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Avon 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 Bedfordshire 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Buckinghamshire 22 22 20 20 20 20 20 20 Cambridgeshire 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 Cheshire 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Cleveland 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Cornwall 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 County Durham and Darlington 17 17 16 15 15 15 15 15 Cumbria 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 Derbyshire 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 Devon 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 58 Dorset 26 26 29 29 29 29 29 30 East Sussex 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Essex 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 Gloucestershire 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Greater Manchester 44 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 Hampshire 55 55 54 54 54 54 52 52 Hereford and Worcester 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 27 Hertfordshire 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 Humberside 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 32 Isle of Wight 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Isles of Scilly 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 Kent 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 Lancashire 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 Leicestershire 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Lincolnshire 37 37 37 37 37 37 38 38 London 113 113 113 113 113 113 112 112 Merseyside 27 27 27 27 27 26 26 26 Mid and West Wales 60 60 57 57 57 57 57 57 Norfolk 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 North Wales 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 North Yorkshire 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 Northamptonshire 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 Northumberland 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 Nottinghamshire 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Oxfordshire 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Royal Berkshire 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Shropshire 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 23 Somerset 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 South Wales 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 South Yorkshire 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Staffordshire 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Suffolk 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 Surrey 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 Tyne and Wear 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 Warwickshire 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 West Midlands 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 West Sussex 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 West Yorkshire 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 Wiltshire 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Total 1,612 1,613 1,609 1,609 1,609 1,607 1,605 1,608 Source:
ODPM calendar year returns
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§ Mr. RaynsfordBased on annual returns to HM Fire Service Inspectorate, the number of fire stations in each fire authority area in England and Wales at 1 January for each year from 1995 to 2002 is set out in the table. On the basis of these returns, 10 fire stations have opened and 14 closed since 1 January 1995. However, these figures do not reflect instances where the opening of a fire station is balanced by the closure of another in the same fire authority within the same calendar year.