§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what funding was made available to fire authorities to assist them to provide fire safety advice to the public in the last 12 months. [60444]
§ Mr. RaynsfordResponsibility for the provision of fire services, including fire safety matters, rests locally with fire authorities. It is up to the authorities to set budgets in the light of their statutory obligations and local priorities.
§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what funding was granted to the Fire Service, broken down by authority, in each of the last six years. [60438]
§ Mr. RaynsfordFire Standard Spending Assessment (SSA) figures for England by fire authority, for the six years ending 2002–03, are shown in the table:
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Fire standard spending assessment £ million Authority1 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham 22.959 24.314 24.903 25.505 26.537 27.041 Oxfordshire 12.402 13.159 13.546 14.197 15.113 15.917 Royal Berkshire 17.299 18.434 18.883 19.660 20.969 22.019 Shropshire 8.034 8.187 8.478 8.851 9.267 9.498 Somerset 9.091 9.551 10.212 10.491 11.112 11.485 South Yorkshire 32.311 34.064 35.690 36.434 37.478 38.745 Staffordshire Fire Authority 21.122 21.989 22.468 23.262 23.876 24.425 Suffolk 12.029 12.620 13.455 13.897 14.511 15.030 Surrey 23.328 24.347 25.276 26.183 27.941 29.136 Tyne and Wear 35.678 36.288 36.872 37.829 39.511 40.655 Warwickshire 10.345 11.077 11.294 11.669 12.126 12.492 West Midlands 72.317 75.664 78.374 80.706 83.342 86.082 West Sussex 15.855 17.162 17.202 18.631 19.628 20.600 West Yorkshire 57.304 59.609 61.269 62.259 65.253 66.250 Wiltshire and Swindon 10.457 11.041 11.810 12.087 12.711 13.109 1 Current name of fire authority. A number of authorities were affected by local government reorganisation on 1 April 1997 and 1998 and (London) 3 July 2000. Note:
In the case of combined fire authorities, for example, Kent and Medway Towns, the lire SSA is allocated to the constituent local unitary authorities.