HC Deb 12 June 2002 vol 386 cc1263-4W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) fire stations, (b) full time fire-fighters and (c) part time fire-fighters there are in each fire authority. [60445]

Mr. Raynsford

I have been asked to reply.

Information on the number of fire stations in each fire authority in England and Wales at 1 January for each year from 1997 to 2002 was given in my right hon. Friend's reply to the hon. Member on 19 March 2002, Official Report, columns 239–42W.

The number of firefighters in each fire authority area in England and Wales at 31 March 2001, the most recent date for which figures are available, is shown in the table:

Number of wholetime and retained firefighters in post in England and Wales at 31 March 2001
Authority Wholetime1 Retained2
Avon 667 160
Bedfordshire and Luton 330 115
Buckinghamshire 292 152
Cambridgeshire 276 295
Cheshire 631 146
Cleveland 601 62
Cornwall 185 407
County Durham and Darlington 405 119
Cumbria 274 370
Derbyshire 465 231
Devon 570 648
Dorset 300 288
East Sussex 425 201
Essex 936 373
Gloucestershire 232 257
Greater Manchester 2,090 26
Hampshire 784 546
Hereford and Worcester 355 294
Hertfordshire 565 212
Humberside 725 276
Isle of Wight 61 152
Isles of Scilly 9 34
Kent 944 494
Lancashire 1,010 285
Leicestershire 498 144
Lincolnshire 189 413
London 5,693 0
Merseyside 1,369 0
Mid and West Wales 502 660
Norfolk 310 424
North Wales 283 483
North Yorkshire 352 331
Northamptonshire 296 182
Northumberland 206 152
Nottinghamshire 581 202
Oxfordshire 230 237
Royal Berkshire 406 122
Shropshire 200 249
Somerset 179 351
South Wales 968 252
South Yorkshire 920 39
Staffordshire 473 304
Suffolk 247 352
Surrey 713 103
Tyne and Wear 1,010 18
Warwickshire 286 149
West Midlands 2,031 8
West Sussex 397 272
West Yorkshire 1,683 166
Wiltshire 222 272
1 In full time equivalents
2 In 24 hour units of cover

Source:

Authority annual returns to HM Fire Service Inspectorate

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