§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) of 12 June 2002,Official Report, columns 1296–98W, if he will express the Fire Service SSA figures as a sum per head of population in each Fire Service authority area. [63759]
§ Mr. RaynsfordFire SSA figures as a sum per head of population in each fire authority area, for the six years ending 2002–03, are shown in the table:
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Fire Standard Spending Assessment (£ per head) Authority 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Cumbria 23.40 24.72 25.74 26.02 27.11 28.26 Derbyshire 22.38 23.36 24.77 25.17 25.80 26.33 Devon 22.81 24.31 24.73 25.73 26.69 27.55 Dorset 21.20 22.14 23.09 23.69 24.62 25.26 East Sussex 24.03 25.38 26.35 27.31 28.70 29.66 Essex 22.26 23.22 24.01 24.58 26.15 26.90 Gloucestershire 19.58 20.05 20.78 21.76 21.86 22.68 Greater Manchester 28.37 29.91 30.65 31.55 32.86 33.49 Hampshire 20.49 21.70 22.39 23.32 24.43 25.65 Hereford and Worcester 18.48 19.15 20.54 21.12 21.54 22.52 Hertfordshire 21.77 22.84 23.11 24.91 25.66 26.48 Humberside 27.03 27.78 29.12 30.02 31.15 31.86 Isle of Wight 24.92 27.06 28.48 29.80 30.94 32.05 Isles of Scilly 147.34 155.06 158.44 160.90 161.53 165.15 Kent and Medway Towns 21.39 22.71 23.34 24.31 25.59 26.47 Lancashire 25.18 26.24 27.22 28.09 28.86 30.29 Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland 20.96 21.74 22.29 23.02 23.85 24.58 Lincolnshire 18.31 19.01 19.53 20.01 20.70 21.77 London 35.42 36.84 37.98 39.27 41.51 43.27 Merseyside 33.91 35.32 36.67 37.29 38.39 39.06 Norfolk 19.23 19.78 20.66 21.18 21.60 22.39 North Yorkshire 19.60 20.82 21.99 22.56 23.63 25.19 Northamptonshire 19.78 20.77 21.44 21.57 22.72 23.37 Northumberland 25.34 26.23 27.55 28.28 29.72 30.47 Nottinghamshire & City of Nottingham 22.25 23.57 24.13 24.72 25.70 26.22 Oxfordshire 20.73 21.82 22.18 23.02 24.13 25.18 Royal Berkshire 22.09 23.30 23.68 24.57 26.19 27.43 Shropshire 19.13 19.44 19.97 20.57 21.43 21.79 Somerset 18.90 19.79 20.98 21.44 22.54 23.14 South Yorkshire 24.78 26.11 27.36 27.94 28.78 29.77 Staffordshire Fire Authority 19.99 20.83 21.19 21.92 22.51 23.05 Suffolk 18.31 19.07 20.18 20.71 21.51 22.11 Surrey 22.34 23.25 23.91 24.69 25.92 26.96 Tyne and Wear 31.54 32.19 32.88 33.90 35.65 36.84 Warwickshire 20.74 22.13 22.43 23.03 23.87 24.50 West Midlands 27.42 28.63 29.79 30.71 31.73 32.87 West Sussex 21.67 23.28 23.04 24.78 25.80 26.97 West Yorkshire 27.21 28.26 29.04 29.46 30.85 31.23 Wiltshire and Swindon 17.71 18.61 19.70 19.96 20.83 21.37 * 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 NB-In the case of combined fire authorities, for example, Kent & Medway Towns, the fire SSA is allocated to the constituent local unitary authorities.