§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many(a) women and (b) members of ethnic minorities are in the Fire Service; and what targets have been set in this area.
§ Mr. LeslieAs at 31 March 2002 there were 6,277 women and 1,040 staff from minority ethnic background in the fire service in England and Wales as a whole. The following table shows the breakdown by service areas:
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Operational Staff (Uniformed) (Wholetime and Retained) Control Staff (Uniformed) Total Uniformed Staff Non Uniformed 4248 Total Women 806 1223 2029 4248 6277 Percentage of total employed in service area 1.7% 80% 4% 59% 11.0% Minority Ethnic Staff 698 13 711 329 1040 Percentage of total employed in service area 1.5% 0.85% 1.4% 4.6% 1.8% Fire service targets are to work towards 15 per cent. of operational staff to be women by 2009, and 7 per cent. of the uniformed and 8 per cent. of the non uniformed work force to be from minority ethnic background, also by 2009.
§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many incidents firemen were called out to for each of the last five years, broken down by fire authority. [75178]
§ Mr. LeslieI have placed the information on incidents attended by Local Authority Fire Brigades in the UK for the last five years for which data are available in the library of the House.
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South Gloucestershire Population as at 30 June Population group used in 2002–3 formulae for service block (rounded to the nearest hundred) 2001 2000 Education PSS1 Police Fire Highways Maintenance EPCS2 Total resident population 246000 247900 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ Resident population aged 0 to 4 15200 15800 ✓ Resident population aged 0 to 15 51100 51200 ✓ Resident population aged 0 to 17 57100 56700 ✓ ✓ Resident population aged 5 to 10 19900 20000 ✓ Resident population aged 11 to 15 16000 15400 ✓ Resident population aged 16 to 24 23600 23400 ✓ Resident population aged 18 to 64 153400 156300 ✓ Resident population aged 65 to 74 19900 19700 ✓ Resident population aged 75 to 84 11800 11300 ✓ Resident population aged 11 and over 210900 212100 ✓ Resident population aged 65 and over 35500 34900 ✓ Resident population aged 85 and over 3900 4000 ✓ The population of working age3 147300 150200 ✓ ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 18 to 64 76600 79900 ✓ ✓ ✓ Resident females aged 18 to 59 70700 70300 ✓ ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 0 1400 1500 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 1 to 4 6500 6700 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 5 to 9 8500 8500 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 10 to 14 8400 8000 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 15 to 19 7600 7000 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 20 to 24 6200 6600 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 25 to 29 7600 8700 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 30 to 34 9700 10900 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 35 to 39 10800 11300 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 40 to 44 9200 9200 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 45 to 49 7900 7900 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 50 to 54 8600 9000 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 55 to 59 7700 7400 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 60 to 64 6100 6200 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 65 to 69 5200 5200 ✓ ✓ Resident males aged 70 to 74 4300 4300 ✓ ✓ Resident females aged 0 1400 1500 ✓ ✓ Resident females aged 1 to 4 6000 6200 ✓ ✓ Resident females aged 5 to 9 8000 8300 ✓ ✓ Resident females aged 10 to 14 7900 7600 ✓ ✓ Resident females aged 15 to 19 6700 6500 ✓ ✓ Resident females aged 20 to 24 6200 6200 ✓ ✓ Resident females aged 25 to 29 7900 8300 ✓ ✓