§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many functioning fire stations there were, broken down by fire brigade area, in each year since 1997. [42235]
§ Mr. ByersThe number of fire stations in each fire authority area in England and Wales as at 1 January from 1997 to 2002 is in the table:
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Number of fire stations in England and Wales at 1 January 1997–2002 Fire authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Cornwall 31 31 31 31 31 31 County Durham and Darlington 16 15 15 15 15 15 Cumbria 38 38 38 38 38 38 Derbyshire 31 31 31 31 31 31 Devon 58 58 58 58 58 58 Dorset 29 29 29 29 29 30 East Sussex 24 24 24 24 24 24 Essex 51 51 51 51 51 51 Gloucestershire 20 20 20 20 20 20 Greater Manchester 43 43 43 43 43 43 Hampshire 54 54 54 54 52 52 Hereford and Worcester 26 26 26 26 26 27 Hertfordshire 32 32 32 32 32 32 Humberside 31 31 31 31 31 32 Isle of Wight 10 10 10 10 10 10 Isles of Scilly 7 7 7 7 7 7 Kent and Medway Towns 66 66 66 66 66 66 Lancashire 40 40 40 40 40 40 Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland 20 20 20 20 20 20 Lincolnshire 37 37 37 37 38 38 London 113 113 113 113 112 112 Merseyside 27 27 27 26 26 26 Mid and West Wales 57 57 57 57 57 57 Norfolk 40 40 40 40 40 40 North Wales 44 44 44 44 44 44 North Yorkshire 37 37 37 37 37 37 Northamptonshire 22 22 22 22 22 22 Northumberland 19 19 19 19 19 19 Nottinghamshire and City of Nottingham 25 25 25 25 25 25 Oxfordshire 24 24 24 24 24 24 Royal Berkshire 20 20 20 20 20 20 Shropshire 23 23 23 23 23 23 Somerset 24 24 24 24 24 24 South Wales 50 50 50 50 50 50 South Yorkshire 24 24 24 24 24 24 Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire 30 30 30 30 30 30 Suffolk 36 36 36 36 36 36 Surrey 24 24 24 24 24 24 Tyne and Wear 18 19 19 19 19 19 Warwickshire 20 20 20 19 19 19 West Midlands 41 41 41 41 41 41 West Sussex 28 28 28 28 28 28 West Yorkshire 50 50 50 50 50 50 Wiltshire and Swindon 25 25 25 25 25 25 Source:
DTLR calendar year returns.