§ Mrs. MayTo 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. RaynsfordI 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.
1264WThe 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