House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 21 Mar 2006 (pt 28)

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West Lancashire Primary Care Trust

Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding for capital expenditure on health services was allotted to West Lancashire primary care trust in each of the past five years; and what percentage of the total funding to the primary care trust in each year those figures represent. [58445]

Mr. Byrne: The information requested is not held centrally.

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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

Affordable Housing

Mr. Hands: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many new-build units of affordable housing have been built in each London borough in each year since 1996–97. [41611]

Mr. Laws: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many new affordable homes for social rent have been built in each English local authority since 1990–91; and if he will make a statement. [19739]

Yvette Cooper: The numbers of affordable homes provided (new build and acquisitions) for social rent on behalf of each English local authority since 1991–92 has been placed in the Library of the House. The table shows social rented dwellings funded by the Housing Corporation and through local authority social housing grant. Information on local authority built social rent dwellings is shown by region only. Information for the financial year 1990–91 is not available.

Since 1997 substantial additional resources have been made available for refurbishment to the social housing stock alongside new building. Building costs and land costs have also risen. We plan to provide 75,000 social rented properties over the three years 2004–05 to 2007–08. That is an additional 10,000 homes by 2007–08; a 50 per cent. increase on 2004–05. This extra provision will be achieved through a mix of new build and acquisition. In 2005–06 an estimated 20,000 social rented homes will be provided through the Housing Corporation's Approved Development Programme and transitional local authority social housing grant. In addition the Government have provided significant additional resources for shared equity schemes.

Planned annual housing requirements are developed as part of the Regional Spatial Strategies. The Government response to Kate Barker's Review outlined their ambition to increase housing delivery in England over the next decade to 200,000 net additions per year, from current delivery of around 150,000 net additions per year.

Airfields (Planning Policy)

Mr. Drew: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what reasons airfields are no longer exempted but are classified as Brownfield sites under Planning Policy Statement 3. [55373]

Yvette Cooper: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Southport (Dr. Pugh) on 20 March 2006, Official Report, column 67W.

Council Housing

Mr. Austin Mitchell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister by how much council expenditure on (a) repair and (b) administration of council housing has changed on average in each of the last five years. [50822]

Yvette Cooper: Details are shown in the following table:

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Financial
year Supervision and Management per dwelling (£) Change (%) Repairs and Maintenance per dwelling (£) Change (%)

2000–01 625.57 n/a 739.14 n/a

2001–02 665.18 +6.3 744.10 +0.7

2002–03 739.80 +11.2 738.87 -0.71

2003–04 826.39 +11.7 771.00 +4.35

2004–05 939.57 +13.7 801.42 +3.95

Financial year	Supervision and Management per dwelling (£)	Change (%)	Repairs and Maintenance per dwelling (£)	Change (%)
2000–01	625.57	n/a	739.14	n/a
2001–02	665.18	+6.3	744.10	+0.7
2002–03	739.80	+11.2	738.87	-0.71
2003–04	826.39	+11.7	771.00	+4.35
2004–05	939.57	+13.7	801.42	+3.95

The figures shown in the table were taken from out turn reported in local authorities' second quarterly subsidy claims for the financial year following that referenced. The figures are unaudited, and are collected for guidance only.

County Councils

Keith Vaz: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what research his Department has commissioned into the role of county councils. [59500]

Mr. Woolas: We have not commissioned research into the role of county councils.

EU Programmes (Dorset)

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what funding Dorset has received from EU programmes over the last three years; from which EU programmes; and how much was received from each. [59576]

Mr. Woolas: Dorset, including the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth and Poole, has received a total of £7.461 million funding in grant paid from EU programmes in the last three calendar years, 2003, 2004 and 2005. The funding is shown, for each programme and calendar year, in the following table. These figures include only Dorset projects and not other region-wide projects or projects that cover more than one county including Dorset for which it is not possible to apportion to administrative areas the grant paid. The figures are for EU grant paid only and do not include UK Government domestic matching funding.
£ million

EU programme 2003 2004 2005 Total 2003–05

Objective 3 1.198 3.095 1.213 5.506

Leader+ 0.216 0.202 0.221 0.639

England Rural
Development Programme 0.377 0.399 0.540 1.316

EU programme	2003	2004	2005	Total 2003–05
Objective 3	1.198	3.095	1.213	5.506
Leader+	0.216	0.202	0.221	0.639
England Rural Development Programme	0.377	0.399	0.540	1.316

Home Information Packs

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what secondary legislation he plans to bring forward in order to introduce home information packs. [59129]

Yvette Cooper: The secondary legislation that we plan to bring forward in order to introduce home information packs will cover:

Home Information Pack components—documents required or authorised to be included in the Home Information Pack.

exceptions from Home Information Pack duties.

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Approval of Certification schemes.

penalty charge for breach of Home Information Pack duties.

commencement of the Home Information Pack duties.

Mr. Pickles: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 7 March 2006, Official Report, column 1360W. to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs.Spelman) on home information packs, for what reasons his estimate of the annual requirement for home information packs differs from the Regulatory Impact Assessment's estimate of 1.8 million. [59185]

Yvette Cooper: The estimate within the regulatory impact assessment published with the draft Housing Bill was based on industry estimates and our own research into market activity at that time. The more recent estimate of 1.44 million packs being required when the statutory scheme is introduced is based on the current level of sales recorded by the Land Registry.

ODPM will continue working with key stakeholders to ensure that any significant changes in housing market activity are taken into account when estimating the number of HIPs that will be needed and other impacts on industry.

Local Government Structures

Keith Vaz: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he willmake a statement on the future of two-tier local governance arrangements. [59499]

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Mr. Woolas: We are currently engaged in a wide ranging debate about local governance, including the future of two-tier arrangements in the shire areas. We intend to finalise our position around the middle of the year at the same time as the publication of the proposed White Paper

Fair Trade Towns

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations his department has received from local authorities on fair trade town status; and if he will make a statement. [55143]

Ian Pearson: I have been asked to reply.

The DTI has not received any representations from local authorities on fair trade town status.

Fire and Rescue Services

John McDonnell: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many calls there were to each fire and rescue service in England in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [59387]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The number of emergency calls to each fire and rescue service in England since 1998–99 is presented in the following table. Information prior to 1998–99 is not held centrally.

Number of emergency calls

Fire and rescue service 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03⁽³³⁾ 2003–04 2004–05⁽³⁴⁾

Avon 27,389 32,469 33,450 41,863 39,180 40,252 34,659

Bedfordshire and Luton 14,521 15,566 15,974 17,558 17,459 17,979 20,001

Buckinghamshire 17,875 22,323 21,994 23,691 21,198 23,350 20,174

Cambridgeshire 22,929 24,284 23,677 26,977 25,853 27,406 23,921

Cheshire 22,490 25,014 25,779 29,809 31,102 33,506 29,254

Cleveland 18,432 12,537 22,836 25,132 22,590 25,351 20,081

Cornwall 16,165 13,161 12,860 14,073 14,636 16,194 14,807

County Durham and Darlington 18,156 20,337 19,151 22,188 20,987 21,052 18,965

Cumbria 12,990 14,025 13,298 13,692 13,444 14,710 14,594

Derbyshire 20,371 24,323 20,644 21,295 20,845 21,841 19,279

Devon 20,962 23,427 25,924 30,359 29,738 31,571 30,471

Dorset 13,179 15,824 17,027 20,596 18,862 20,813 15,885

East Sussex 18,817 21.539 23,729 24,136 22,366 24,515 20,106

Essex 37,848 45,915 47,871 50,072 55,700 63,891 42,820

Gloucestershire 22,007 13,631 13,528 13,875 14,031 16,361 14,436

Greater Manchester 87,622 103,525 93,525 97,536 101,348 113,111 88,927

Hampshire 35,072 40,540 40,395 47,887 45,560 51,168 40,195

Hereford and Worcester 26,967 26,678 25.384 22.343 20,773 22,012 17,706

Hertfordshire 28,108 17,919 27,129 28,738 25,680 31,042 21,270

Humberside 27,454 31.286 30,380 35,477 36,512 42,674 28,864

Isle Of Wight 2,045 2,574 2,550 2,631 2,432 2,521 2,078

Isles Of Scilly⁽³⁵⁾ — 33 36 — — — —

Kent 39,417 46,018 45,584 46,936 45,768 53,453 42,413

Lancashire 41,932 45,317 45,237 48,960 48,508 53,171 44,383

Leicestershire 19,065 26,766 24,773 26,701 22,604 23,918 19,422

Lincolnshire 12,353 13,805 13.367 14,653 16,457 19,039 17,807

London 248,826 284,578 282,883 306,539 274,938 299,011 266,737

Merseyside 50,317 63,103 64.037 66.577 68,494 72,236 61,459

Norfolk 16,009 17,401 18,845 22,168 22,517 23,227 17.484

North Yorkshire 18,928 18,085 19,671 20,000 11,248 23.704 20,280

Northamptonshire 14,715 16,287 16,354 19,097 20,139 22,903 18,326

Northumberland 6,262 10,394 10,188 10,795 10.020 12,376 10,439

Nottinghamshire 31,268 38,119 35,366 43,145 45,085 49,190 36,720

Oxfordshire 17,895 20,297 20,312 19,342 21,364 20,076 16,981

Royal Berkshire 14,577 13,666 16,886 17,611 17,180 17,771 14,905

Shropshire 11,399 12,277 12,108 12,140 12,685 13,003 10,198

Somerset 56,890 12,373 14,193 15,453 15,078 14,428 10,117

South Yorkshire 41,000 47,591 n/a 53,908 55,944 66,683 48,249

Staffordshire 29,819 32,908 30,927 34,664 33,065 37,991 31,756

Suffolk 12,017 13,844 15,409 15,991 16,156 17,937 14,030

Surrey 26,249 30,168 30,273 31,745 30,467 34,564 29,735

Tyne and Wear 38,494 44,815 41,342 47,722 44,099 48,431 39,474

Warwickshire 15,044 16,484 14,912 15,573 16,593 18,611 15,228

West Midlands 84,734 100,896 95,623 105,827 104,165 115,045 88,516

West Sussex 20,870 23,148 24,968 21,772 20,788 22,324 19,844

West Yorkshire 52,012 89,648 81,172 90,720 92,853 98,449 88,401

Wiltshire 11,601 13,210 13,305 13,110 13,374 14,258 12,160

n/a=not available.
⁽³³⁾There were 15 days of industrial action in 2002–03.
⁽³⁴⁾Figures for 2004–05 are provisional.
⁽³⁵⁾Calls for the Isles of Scilly are included with those for Cornwall except for the years 1999–2000 and 2000–01.
Source:
ODPM annual returns

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	Number of emergency calls
Fire and rescue service	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03⁽³³⁾	2003–04	2004–05⁽³⁴⁾
Avon	27,389	32,469	33,450	41,863	39,180	40,252	34,659
Bedfordshire and Luton	14,521	15,566	15,974	17,558	17,459	17,979	20,001
Buckinghamshire	17,875	22,323	21,994	23,691	21,198	23,350	20,174
Cambridgeshire	22,929	24,284	23,677	26,977	25,853	27,406	23,921
Cheshire	22,490	25,014	25,779	29,809	31,102	33,506	29,254
Cleveland	18,432	12,537	22,836	25,132	22,590	25,351	20,081
Cornwall	16,165	13,161	12,860	14,073	14,636	16,194	14,807
County Durham and Darlington	18,156	20,337	19,151	22,188	20,987	21,052	18,965
Cumbria	12,990	14,025	13,298	13,692	13,444	14,710	14,594
Derbyshire	20,371	24,323	20,644	21,295	20,845	21,841	19,279
Devon	20,962	23,427	25,924	30,359	29,738	31,571	30,471
Dorset	13,179	15,824	17,027	20,596	18,862	20,813	15,885
East Sussex	18,817	21.539	23,729	24,136	22,366	24,515	20,106
Essex	37,848	45,915	47,871	50,072	55,700	63,891	42,820
Gloucestershire	22,007	13,631	13,528	13,875	14,031	16,361	14,436
Greater Manchester	87,622	103,525	93,525	97,536	101,348	113,111	88,927
Hampshire	35,072	40,540	40,395	47,887	45,560	51,168	40,195
Hereford and Worcester	26,967	26,678	25.384	22.343	20,773	22,012	17,706
Hertfordshire	28,108	17,919	27,129	28,738	25,680	31,042	21,270
Humberside	27,454	31.286	30,380	35,477	36,512	42,674	28,864
Isle Of Wight	2,045	2,574	2,550	2,631	2,432	2,521	2,078
Isles Of Scilly⁽³⁵⁾	—	33	36	—	—	—	—
Kent	39,417	46,018	45,584	46,936	45,768	53,453	42,413
Lancashire	41,932	45,317	45,237	48,960	48,508	53,171	44,383
Leicestershire	19,065	26,766	24,773	26,701	22,604	23,918	19,422
Lincolnshire	12,353	13,805	13.367	14,653	16,457	19,039	17,807
London	248,826	284,578	282,883	306,539	274,938	299,011	266,737
Merseyside	50,317	63,103	64.037	66.577	68,494	72,236	61,459
Norfolk	16,009	17,401	18,845	22,168	22,517	23,227	17.484
North Yorkshire	18,928	18,085	19,671	20,000	11,248	23.704	20,280
Northamptonshire	14,715	16,287	16,354	19,097	20,139	22,903	18,326
Northumberland	6,262	10,394	10,188	10,795	10.020	12,376	10,439
Nottinghamshire	31,268	38,119	35,366	43,145	45,085	49,190	36,720
Oxfordshire	17,895	20,297	20,312	19,342	21,364	20,076	16,981
Royal Berkshire	14,577	13,666	16,886	17,611	17,180	17,771	14,905
Shropshire	11,399	12,277	12,108	12,140	12,685	13,003	10,198
Somerset	56,890	12,373	14,193	15,453	15,078	14,428	10,117
South Yorkshire	41,000	47,591	n/a	53,908	55,944	66,683	48,249
Staffordshire	29,819	32,908	30,927	34,664	33,065	37,991	31,756
Suffolk	12,017	13,844	15,409	15,991	16,156	17,937	14,030
Surrey	26,249	30,168	30,273	31,745	30,467	34,564	29,735
Tyne and Wear	38,494	44,815	41,342	47,722	44,099	48,431	39,474
Warwickshire	15,044	16,484	14,912	15,573	16,593	18,611	15,228
West Midlands	84,734	100,896	95,623	105,827	104,165	115,045	88,516
West Sussex	20,870	23,148	24,968	21,772	20,788	22,324	19,844
West Yorkshire	52,012	89,648	81,172	90,720	92,853	98,449	88,401
Wiltshire	11,601	13,210	13,305	13,110	13,374	14,258	12,160

Mr. Drew: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) incidents and (b) fires were attended by each fire and rescue service in England in each of the last 10 years. [59634]

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Jim Fitzpatrick: The following tables show data for (a) total number of incidents (fires, false alarms and special services), and (b) total fires (primary, secondary and chimney), attended by each fire and rescue service in England from 1995–96 to 2004–05.
(a) All incidents attended by each fire and rescue service, England, 1995–96 to 2004–05

FRS area 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

England 1,085,999 983,496 924,031 837,313 929,601

Avon 18,918 16,907 17,009 16,361 17,840

Bedfordshire 8,700 8,073 7,693 6,952 7,902

Berkshire 14,835 13,643 13,067 12,125 15,348

Buckinghamshire 11,162 10,704 10,426 9,216 10,627

Cambridgeshire 12,482 12,533 12,002 11,549 12,565

Cheshire 18,859 16,428 15,342 13,196 14,757

Cleveland 17,835 16,564 16,053 13,220 15,958

Cornwall 6,807 6,463 6,044 5,485 6,197

Cumbria 9,359 8,509 7,923 7,491 7,898

Derbyshire 17,578 15,242 13,988 13,455 14,542

Devon 17,838 16,256 16,522 15,153 16,863

Dorset 11,764 9,415 10,131 9,086 10,092

Durham 12,776 12,896 12,252 10,565 11,813

East Sussex 12,961 13,383 13,279 12,341 13,667

Essex 25,321 24,406 22,911 20,891 23,875

Gloucestershire 8,233 7,646 7,309 6,918 7,230

Greater London 193,974 190,308 168,425 160,495 175,115

Greater Manchester 82,825 69,793 66,107 56,730 63,891

Hampshire 24,952 22,466 22,582 20,982 22,537

Hereford and Worcester 10,511 9,542 9,291 8,555 9,464

Hertfordshire 15,495 15,486 14,686 13,424 14,120

Humberside 19,273 17,688 18,158 15,905 17,217

Isle of Wight 1,704 1,789 1,832 1,652 1,848

Isles of Scilly 24 40 22 18 33

Kent 25,834 24,951 24,049 22,355 25,256

Lancashire 34,647 29,427 28,345 24,733 27,287

Leicestershire 17,511 15,557 14,239 13,613 14,406

Lincolnshire 7,999 7,513 6,981 6,614 7,315

Merseyside 56,054 48,136 40,590 33,254 39,564

Norfolk 11,294 10,772 9,681 8,617 9,341

North Yorkshire 10,113 9,480 9,589 8,990 9,343

Northamptonshire 10,792 9,795 9,556 9,705 10,040

Northumberland 5,959 5,618 4,956 4,442 5,427

Nottinghamshire 22,297 19,004 17,135 15,697 19,072

Oxfordshire 11,098 10,799 10,307 9,899 10,420

Shropshire 7,387 6,090 6,580 6,339 6,463

Somerset 7,396 7,018 7,000 6,538 7,362

South Yorkshire 31,702 26,492 24,048 22,328 25,629

Staffordshire 18,931 16,082 15,180 13,699 14,780

Suffolk 8,311 8,428 7,825 7,169 7,080

Surrey 17,588 15,141 15,860 14,003 15,656

Tyne and Wear 35,609 33,099 29,182 25,480 28,665

Warwickshire 9,884 8,090 8,219 7,751 7,490

West Midlands 76,397 62,494 62,518 55,212 61,780

West Sussex 14,655 14,483 15,167 13,152 14,137

West Yorkshire 61,468 50,201 45,946 38,297 43,011

Wiltshire 8,885 8,650 8,020 7,659 8,677

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2000–01 2001–02 2002–03⁽³⁶⁾ 2003–04 2004–05⁽³⁷⁾

England 912,741 990,793 951,376 1,016,025 859,800

Avon 18,281 21,679 22,073 21,360 17,628

Bedfordshire 8,159 9,180 8,797 9,414 7,413

Berkshire 13,686 14,390 13,377 14,398 12,121

Buckinghamshire 10,273 11,081 10,152 10,999 9,791

Cambridgeshire 12,609 14,022 12,810 13,039 11,710

Cheshire 14,673 16,912 16,998 17,543 15,242

Cleveland 15,318 16,833 16,267 15,594 13,063

Cornwall 6,216 6,271 6,422 6,203 5,946

Cumbria 7,867 7,882 7,816 8,340 7,567

Derbyshire 13,909 14,403 14,243 14,773 12,428

Devon 17,215 18,097 17,223 18,308 17,374

Dorset 10,325 11,159 9,967 10,282 9,294

Durham 10,813 12,310 11,670 11,723 10,421

East Sussex 14,101 14,660 13,687 14,648 12,932

Essex 25,345 27,088 25,541 27,946 23,265

Gloucestershire 7,283 7,657 7,697 8,850 8,402

Greater London 176,289 185,625 167,639 181,642 158,756

Greater Manchester 59,507 65,781 63,005 64,240 54,052

Hampshire 22,821 26,118 24,287 27,138 22,389

Hereford and Worcester 9,148 10,163 9,775 10,785 9,016

Hertfordshire 13,599 14,861 13,984 14,941 12,000

Humberside 16,717 19,325 19,418 22,064 17,330

Isle of Wight 1,959 1,977 1,769 1,891 1,643

Isles of Scilly 34 36 42 35 26

Kent 25,552 26,315 25,381 28,916 23,325

Lancashire 26,833 28,737 28,683 30,907 26,518

Leicestershire 13,617 15,107 14,858 15,236 13,078

Lincolnshire 7,139 7,861 9,697 11,420 11,197

Merseyside 36,760 37,743 38,451 42,804 34,603

Norfolk 9,452 10,999 10,916 11,095 9,610

North Yorkshire 10,920 10,392 10,439 10,722 10,347

Northamptonshire 9,956 10,893 11,337 12,382 10,537

Northumberland 5,068 5,831 5,194 6,126 4,996

Nottinghamshire 17,352 20,892 21,859 23,476 18,482

Oxfordshire 10,139 10,125 9,033 6,957 6,451

Shropshire 6,676 7,125 6,976 7,008 5,880

Somerset 7,733 8,022 7,613 7,648 6,069

South Yorkshire 23,501 27,992 28,422 30,619 23,217

Staffordshire 14,315 16,128 16,025 18,233 15,249

Suffolk 8,163 8,824 8,706 9,366 7,803

Surrey 15,409 15,864 15,333 17,255 15,113

Tyne and Wear 25,975 29,537 27,916 29,533 23,773

Warwickshire 7,905 7,966 8,335 9,012 7,864

West Midlands 57,972 62,785 60,369 65,635 52,219

West Sussex 15,253 13,954 13,351 14,100 12,662

West Yorkshire 42,224 51,773 49,620 52,929 43,810

Wiltshire 8,678 8,418 8,202 8,488 7,188

⁽³⁶⁾There were 15 days of industrial action in 2002–03.
⁽³⁷⁾Provisional.
Source:
Fire and Rescue Service annual returns and FDR returns to ODPM.

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(b) All fires attended by each fire and rescue service, England, 1995–96 to 2004–05

FRS area 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

England 487,625 414,035 362,254 315,692 386,027

Avon 8,446 6,673 6,023 5,892 7,281

Bedfordshire 4,270 3,712 3,342 2,817 3,538

Berkshire 5,822 4,720 4,123 3,841 4,811

Buckinghamshire 5,535 4,867 4,679 3,898 4,945

Cambridgeshire 4,569 4,571 3,823 3,503 4,171

Cheshire 10,413 8,839 7,363 5,996 7,330

Cleveland 9,505 8,134 7,340 5,892 8,364

Cornwall 3,679 3,338 2,768 2,340 2,699

Cumbria 4,668 4,231 3,482 3,065 3,679

Derbyshire 7,910 6,156 5,051 4,562 5,452

Devon 8,024 6,859 6,258 5,766 6,519

Dorset 4,843 3,698 3,674 3,163 3,628

Durham 7,128 7,185 6,557 5,357 6,667

East Sussex 4,772 4,653 4,176 4,054 5,021

Essex 11,004 10,008 8,464 7,357 9,200

Gloucestershire 3,675 3,285 2,796 2,667 2,907

Greater London 56,133 52,654 46,405 40,952 49,400

Greater Manchester 43,424 33,010 29,903 24,700 31,326

Hampshire 12,333 9,861 9,323 8,123 9,586

Hereford and Worcester 4,748 4,439 3,986 3,343 3,968

Hertfordshire 6,072 5,872 5,398 4,550 5,579

Humberside 10,866 9,588 8,870 7,770 8,992

Isle of Wight 790 754 723 657 676

Isles of Scilly 15 29 11 10 7

Kent 11,390 10,920 9,756 8,839 10,730

Lancashire 16,564 14,243 12,746 10,816 12,981

Leicestershire 7,705 6,350 5,131 5,059 5,828

Lincolnshire 4,040 3,568 2,997 2,988 3,559

Merseyside 32,925 25,635 21,421 17,271 22,616

Norfolk 5,059 5,141 4,089 3,532 3,838

North Yorkshire 4,259 3,679 3,247 2,950 3,501

Northamptonshire 5,470 4,821 4,449 4,289 4,688

Northumberland 3,053 3,065 2,448 2,096 2,863

Nottinghamshire 12,058 9,357 7,298 6,689 9,255

Oxfordshire 3,953 3,781 3,241 2,950 3,163

Shropshire 3,823 3,047 2,907 2,610 3,171

Somerset 3,162 2,923 2,600 2,353 2,795

South Yorkshire 17,993 14,184 11,301 10,741 13,300

Staffordshire 10,635 8,107 6,876 6,171 7,402

Suffolk 3,788 3,581 3,014 2,536 2,844

Surrey 5,488 4,797 4,465 3,668 4,522

Tyne and Wear 19,450 18,012 15,118 13,005 16,304

Warwickshire 4,570 3,599 3,253 2,597 3,154

West Midlands 34,465 28,133 25,317 20,923 25,822

West Sussex 4,602 4,135 3,818 3,479 3,969

West Yorkshire 31,569 22,875 19,771 17,536 21,462

Wiltshire 2,958 2,950 2,449 2,317 2,513

2000–01 2001–02 2002–031 2003–04 2004–052

England 359,259 431,838 412,491 473,563 341,258

Avon 7,265 9,344 9,149 9,628 6,749

Bedfordshire 3,533 4,142 4,191 4,777 3,387

Berkshire 4,668 5,223 4,579 5,612 3,919

Buckinghamshire 4,413 5,110 4,445 5,508 4,170

Cambridgeshire 3,971 4,482 4,472 5,283 3,964

Cheshire 6,994 9,144 9,070 9,937 8,033

Cleveland 7,862 9,549 9,363 9,777 7,105

Cornwall 2,504 2,734 2,709 2,547 2,396

Cumbria 3,596 3,618 3,655 4,358 3,472

Derbyshire 4,799 5,710 5,824 6,358 4,546

Devon 5,911 6,823 6,058 6,654 5,768

Dorset 3,845 4,559 3,700 4,176 3,323

Durham 5,464 6,939 6,364 6,964 5,378

East Sussex 4,629 5,352 4,577 5,360 4,038

Essex 9,202 10,829 9,568 12,179 8,438

Gloucestershire 2,775 3,022 3,093 3,938 2,943

Greater London 47,573 55,642 46,807 57,256 39,959

Greater Manchester 29,062 34,497 33,292 34,827 26,122

Hampshire 8,825 12,024 10,160 12,836 8,794

Hereford and Worcester 3,616 4,400 4,063 4,836 3,272

Hertfordshire 5,151 5,864 5,649 7,361 4,954

Humberside 8,158 10,577 10,912 13,483 9,128

Isle of Wight 575 742 591 695 520

Isles of Scilly 15 15 21 20 14

Kent 9,919 11,229 10,965 13,740 9,949

Lancashire 12,476 14,349 14,454 16,015 11,620

Leicestershire 5,132 6,291 5,808 6,757 4,580

Lincolnshire 2,971 3,517 3,604 4,240 3,241

Merseyside 20,581 23,348 24,399 26,808 19,555

Norfolk 3,819 4,561 4,499 4,872 3,685

North Yorkshire 3,486 3,919 3,790 4,214 3,257

Northamptonshire 4,581 5,546 5,712 6,640 4,742

Northumberland 2,525 3,081 2,828 3,520 2,406

Nottinghamshire 7,833 11,222 12,141 13,765 8,939

Oxfordshire 3,190 3,265 3,159 3,455 2,826

Shropshire 2,867 3,469 3,394 3,619 2,715

Somerset 2,698 3,179 3,131 3,286 2,474

South Yorkshire 11,494 15,197 16,405 18,601 12,780

Staffordshire 6,433 7,873 7,940 9,302 6,624

Suffolk 2,845 3,216 3,175 4,048 3,011

Surrey 4,012 4,782 4,631 5,926 4,516

Tyne and Wear 14,026 17,349 16,582 17,552 12,948

Warwickshire 3,009 3,278 3,545 4,048 2,971

West Midlands 24,118 28,242 27,603 32,711 21,835

West Sussex 3,672 4,368 3,828 4,762 3,587

West Yorkshire 20,622 27,423 25,944 28,255 20,234

Wiltshire 2,542 2,793 2,641 3,055 2,371

⁽³⁸⁾The strike period of 15 days is excluded from the 2002–03 figures.
⁽³⁹⁾Provisional.
Source:
Fire and Rescue Service FDR returns to ODPM.

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FRS area	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000
England	1,085,999	983,496	924,031	837,313	929,601

Avon	18,918	16,907	17,009	16,361	17,840
Bedfordshire	8,700	8,073	7,693	6,952	7,902
Berkshire	14,835	13,643	13,067	12,125	15,348
Buckinghamshire	11,162	10,704	10,426	9,216	10,627
Cambridgeshire	12,482	12,533	12,002	11,549	12,565
Cheshire	18,859	16,428	15,342	13,196	14,757
Cleveland	17,835	16,564	16,053	13,220	15,958
Cornwall	6,807	6,463	6,044	5,485	6,197
Cumbria	9,359	8,509	7,923	7,491	7,898
Derbyshire	17,578	15,242	13,988	13,455	14,542
Devon	17,838	16,256	16,522	15,153	16,863
Dorset	11,764	9,415	10,131	9,086	10,092
Durham	12,776	12,896	12,252	10,565	11,813
East Sussex	12,961	13,383	13,279	12,341	13,667
Essex	25,321	24,406	22,911	20,891	23,875
Gloucestershire	8,233	7,646	7,309	6,918	7,230
Greater London	193,974	190,308	168,425	160,495	175,115
Greater Manchester	82,825	69,793	66,107	56,730	63,891
Hampshire	24,952	22,466	22,582	20,982	22,537
Hereford and Worcester	10,511	9,542	9,291	8,555	9,464
Hertfordshire	15,495	15,486	14,686	13,424	14,120
Humberside	19,273	17,688	18,158	15,905	17,217
Isle of Wight	1,704	1,789	1,832	1,652	1,848
Isles of Scilly	24	40	22	18	33
Kent	25,834	24,951	24,049	22,355	25,256
Lancashire	34,647	29,427	28,345	24,733	27,287
Leicestershire	17,511	15,557	14,239	13,613	14,406
Lincolnshire	7,999	7,513	6,981	6,614	7,315
Merseyside	56,054	48,136	40,590	33,254	39,564
Norfolk	11,294	10,772	9,681	8,617	9,341
North Yorkshire	10,113	9,480	9,589	8,990	9,343
Northamptonshire	10,792	9,795	9,556	9,705	10,040
Northumberland	5,959	5,618	4,956	4,442	5,427
Nottinghamshire	22,297	19,004	17,135	15,697	19,072
Oxfordshire	11,098	10,799	10,307	9,899	10,420
Shropshire	7,387	6,090	6,580	6,339	6,463
Somerset	7,396	7,018	7,000	6,538	7,362
South Yorkshire	31,702	26,492	24,048	22,328	25,629
Staffordshire	18,931	16,082	15,180	13,699	14,780
Suffolk	8,311	8,428	7,825	7,169	7,080
Surrey	17,588	15,141	15,860	14,003	15,656
Tyne and Wear	35,609	33,099	29,182	25,480	28,665
Warwickshire	9,884	8,090	8,219	7,751	7,490
West Midlands	76,397	62,494	62,518	55,212	61,780
West Sussex	14,655	14,483	15,167	13,152	14,137
West Yorkshire	61,468	50,201	45,946	38,297	43,011
Wiltshire	8,885	8,650	8,020	7,659	8,677

	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03⁽³⁶⁾	2003–04	2004–05⁽³⁷⁾
England	912,741	990,793	951,376	1,016,025	859,800

Avon	18,281	21,679	22,073	21,360	17,628
Bedfordshire	8,159	9,180	8,797	9,414	7,413
Berkshire	13,686	14,390	13,377	14,398	12,121
Buckinghamshire	10,273	11,081	10,152	10,999	9,791
Cambridgeshire	12,609	14,022	12,810	13,039	11,710
Cheshire	14,673	16,912	16,998	17,543	15,242
Cleveland	15,318	16,833	16,267	15,594	13,063
Cornwall	6,216	6,271	6,422	6,203	5,946
Cumbria	7,867	7,882	7,816	8,340	7,567
Derbyshire	13,909	14,403	14,243	14,773	12,428
Devon	17,215	18,097	17,223	18,308	17,374
Dorset	10,325	11,159	9,967	10,282	9,294
Durham	10,813	12,310	11,670	11,723	10,421
East Sussex	14,101	14,660	13,687	14,648	12,932
Essex	25,345	27,088	25,541	27,946	23,265
Gloucestershire	7,283	7,657	7,697	8,850	8,402
Greater London	176,289	185,625	167,639	181,642	158,756
Greater Manchester	59,507	65,781	63,005	64,240	54,052
Hampshire	22,821	26,118	24,287	27,138	22,389
Hereford and Worcester	9,148	10,163	9,775	10,785	9,016
Hertfordshire	13,599	14,861	13,984	14,941	12,000
Humberside	16,717	19,325	19,418	22,064	17,330
Isle of Wight	1,959	1,977	1,769	1,891	1,643
Isles of Scilly	34	36	42	35	26
Kent	25,552	26,315	25,381	28,916	23,325
Lancashire	26,833	28,737	28,683	30,907	26,518
Leicestershire	13,617	15,107	14,858	15,236	13,078
Lincolnshire	7,139	7,861	9,697	11,420	11,197
Merseyside	36,760	37,743	38,451	42,804	34,603
Norfolk	9,452	10,999	10,916	11,095	9,610
North Yorkshire	10,920	10,392	10,439	10,722	10,347
Northamptonshire	9,956	10,893	11,337	12,382	10,537
Northumberland	5,068	5,831	5,194	6,126	4,996
Nottinghamshire	17,352	20,892	21,859	23,476	18,482
Oxfordshire	10,139	10,125	9,033	6,957	6,451
Shropshire	6,676	7,125	6,976	7,008	5,880
Somerset	7,733	8,022	7,613	7,648	6,069
South Yorkshire	23,501	27,992	28,422	30,619	23,217
Staffordshire	14,315	16,128	16,025	18,233	15,249
Suffolk	8,163	8,824	8,706	9,366	7,803
Surrey	15,409	15,864	15,333	17,255	15,113
Tyne and Wear	25,975	29,537	27,916	29,533	23,773
Warwickshire	7,905	7,966	8,335	9,012	7,864
West Midlands	57,972	62,785	60,369	65,635	52,219
West Sussex	15,253	13,954	13,351	14,100	12,662
West Yorkshire	42,224	51,773	49,620	52,929	43,810
Wiltshire	8,678	8,418	8,202	8,488	7,188

FRS area	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000
England	487,625	414,035	362,254	315,692	386,027

Avon	8,446	6,673	6,023	5,892	7,281
Bedfordshire	4,270	3,712	3,342	2,817	3,538
Berkshire	5,822	4,720	4,123	3,841	4,811
Buckinghamshire	5,535	4,867	4,679	3,898	4,945
Cambridgeshire	4,569	4,571	3,823	3,503	4,171
Cheshire	10,413	8,839	7,363	5,996	7,330
Cleveland	9,505	8,134	7,340	5,892	8,364
Cornwall	3,679	3,338	2,768	2,340	2,699
Cumbria	4,668	4,231	3,482	3,065	3,679
Derbyshire	7,910	6,156	5,051	4,562	5,452
Devon	8,024	6,859	6,258	5,766	6,519
Dorset	4,843	3,698	3,674	3,163	3,628
Durham	7,128	7,185	6,557	5,357	6,667
East Sussex	4,772	4,653	4,176	4,054	5,021
Essex	11,004	10,008	8,464	7,357	9,200
Gloucestershire	3,675	3,285	2,796	2,667	2,907
Greater London	56,133	52,654	46,405	40,952	49,400
Greater Manchester	43,424	33,010	29,903	24,700	31,326
Hampshire	12,333	9,861	9,323	8,123	9,586
Hereford and Worcester	4,748	4,439	3,986	3,343	3,968
Hertfordshire	6,072	5,872	5,398	4,550	5,579
Humberside	10,866	9,588	8,870	7,770	8,992
Isle of Wight	790	754	723	657	676
Isles of Scilly	15	29	11	10	7
Kent	11,390	10,920	9,756	8,839	10,730
Lancashire	16,564	14,243	12,746	10,816	12,981
Leicestershire	7,705	6,350	5,131	5,059	5,828
Lincolnshire	4,040	3,568	2,997	2,988	3,559
Merseyside	32,925	25,635	21,421	17,271	22,616
Norfolk	5,059	5,141	4,089	3,532	3,838
North Yorkshire	4,259	3,679	3,247	2,950	3,501
Northamptonshire	5,470	4,821	4,449	4,289	4,688
Northumberland	3,053	3,065	2,448	2,096	2,863
Nottinghamshire	12,058	9,357	7,298	6,689	9,255
Oxfordshire	3,953	3,781	3,241	2,950	3,163
Shropshire	3,823	3,047	2,907	2,610	3,171
Somerset	3,162	2,923	2,600	2,353	2,795
South Yorkshire	17,993	14,184	11,301	10,741	13,300
Staffordshire	10,635	8,107	6,876	6,171	7,402
Suffolk	3,788	3,581	3,014	2,536	2,844
Surrey	5,488	4,797	4,465	3,668	4,522
Tyne and Wear	19,450	18,012	15,118	13,005	16,304
Warwickshire	4,570	3,599	3,253	2,597	3,154
West Midlands	34,465	28,133	25,317	20,923	25,822
West Sussex	4,602	4,135	3,818	3,479	3,969
West Yorkshire	31,569	22,875	19,771	17,536	21,462
Wiltshire	2,958	2,950	2,449	2,317	2,513

	2000–01	2001–02	2002–031	2003–04	2004–052
England	359,259	431,838	412,491	473,563	341,258

Avon	7,265	9,344	9,149	9,628	6,749
Bedfordshire	3,533	4,142	4,191	4,777	3,387
Berkshire	4,668	5,223	4,579	5,612	3,919
Buckinghamshire	4,413	5,110	4,445	5,508	4,170
Cambridgeshire	3,971	4,482	4,472	5,283	3,964
Cheshire	6,994	9,144	9,070	9,937	8,033
Cleveland	7,862	9,549	9,363	9,777	7,105
Cornwall	2,504	2,734	2,709	2,547	2,396
Cumbria	3,596	3,618	3,655	4,358	3,472
Derbyshire	4,799	5,710	5,824	6,358	4,546
Devon	5,911	6,823	6,058	6,654	5,768
Dorset	3,845	4,559	3,700	4,176	3,323
Durham	5,464	6,939	6,364	6,964	5,378
East Sussex	4,629	5,352	4,577	5,360	4,038
Essex	9,202	10,829	9,568	12,179	8,438
Gloucestershire	2,775	3,022	3,093	3,938	2,943
Greater London	47,573	55,642	46,807	57,256	39,959
Greater Manchester	29,062	34,497	33,292	34,827	26,122
Hampshire	8,825	12,024	10,160	12,836	8,794
Hereford and Worcester	3,616	4,400	4,063	4,836	3,272
Hertfordshire	5,151	5,864	5,649	7,361	4,954
Humberside	8,158	10,577	10,912	13,483	9,128
Isle of Wight	575	742	591	695	520
Isles of Scilly	15	15	21	20	14
Kent	9,919	11,229	10,965	13,740	9,949
Lancashire	12,476	14,349	14,454	16,015	11,620
Leicestershire	5,132	6,291	5,808	6,757	4,580
Lincolnshire	2,971	3,517	3,604	4,240	3,241
Merseyside	20,581	23,348	24,399	26,808	19,555
Norfolk	3,819	4,561	4,499	4,872	3,685
North Yorkshire	3,486	3,919	3,790	4,214	3,257
Northamptonshire	4,581	5,546	5,712	6,640	4,742
Northumberland	2,525	3,081	2,828	3,520	2,406
Nottinghamshire	7,833	11,222	12,141	13,765	8,939
Oxfordshire	3,190	3,265	3,159	3,455	2,826
Shropshire	2,867	3,469	3,394	3,619	2,715
Somerset	2,698	3,179	3,131	3,286	2,474
South Yorkshire	11,494	15,197	16,405	18,601	12,780
Staffordshire	6,433	7,873	7,940	9,302	6,624
Suffolk	2,845	3,216	3,175	4,048	3,011
Surrey	4,012	4,782	4,631	5,926	4,516
Tyne and Wear	14,026	17,349	16,582	17,552	12,948
Warwickshire	3,009	3,278	3,545	4,048	2,971
West Midlands	24,118	28,242	27,603	32,711	21,835
West Sussex	3,672	4,368	3,828	4,762	3,587
West Yorkshire	20,622	27,423	25,944	28,255	20,234
Wiltshire	2,542	2,793	2,641	3,055	2,371

Mr. Drew: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many firefighters were injured in operational incidents in the fire and rescue services in England in each of the last 10 years. [59643]

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Jim Fitzpatrick: The number of firefighters that were injured in operational incidents in fire and rescue services in England since 1998–99 is tabled as follows. Information prior to 1998–99 is not held centrally.

Number of firefighters injured at operational incidents

Fire and rescue service 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03⁽⁴⁰⁾ 2003–04 2004–05⁽⁴¹⁾

Avon 55 80 92 85 131 94 46

Bedfordshire and Luton 61 44 43 28 33 7 31

Buckinghamshire 37 27 24 24 10 21 15

Cambridgeshire 69 64 44 46 35 48 33

Cheshire 49 46 49 39 48 59 58

Cleveland 25 37 29 n/a 32 43 29

Cornwall 17 33 40 27 33 31 28

County Durham and Darlington 41 41 31 32 53 33 28

Cumbria 40 43 61 41 43 36 40

Derbyshire 85 58 71 46 49 35 63

Devon 68 78 109 52 50 65 41

Dorset 43 47 47 79 43 65 52

East Sussex 35 51 26 57 47 86 55

Essex 67 92 103 89 62 102 67

Gloucestershire 31 25 49 45 40 44 36

Greater Manchester 232 293 261 219 184 188 176

Hampshire 50 76 81 50 50 80 38

Hereford and Worcester 29 14 34 29 38 43 50

Hertfordshire 35 57 51 42 62 135 73

Humberside 63 90 57 91 81 58 62

Isle of Wight 7 22 6 16 16 6 4

Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Kent 92 97 79 81 60 104 88

Lancashire 42 61 76 n/a 62 59 67

Leicestershire 50 35 47 36 41 39 13

Lincolnshire 33 15 22 27 18 18 19

London 431 448 486 388 387 413 244

Merseyside 79 112 74 61 83 90 133

Norfolk 41 65 40 56 47 64 34

North Yorkshire 39 37 34 28 32 39 24

Northamptonshire 37 30 44 47 55 52 63

Northumberland 20 19 24 19 14 20 19

Nottinghamshire 65 69 62 75 96 67 n/a

Oxfordshire 53 45 39 61 22 36 13

Royal Berkshire 60 64 69 31 34 47 19

Shropshire 28 22 16 28 26 27 15

Somerset 48 24 24 60 33 60 16

South Yorkshire 47 65 66 85 86 74 55

Staffordshire 55 75 113 54 62 64 87

Suffolk 65 78 61 49 65 63 16

Surrey 91 49 54 54 110 233 84

Tyne and Wear 103 110 95 96 99 95 46

Warwickshire 28 32 27 22 17 52 30

West Midlands 140 135 140 146 155 228 219

West Sussex 52 51 63 45 27 42 25

West Yorkshire 101 141 121 144 111 123 100

Wiltshire 26 18 21 31 25 32 17

Total 2,965 3,215 3,205 2,861 2,909 3,420 2,471

n/a=information not available
⁽⁴⁰⁾In 2002–03 there was a period of industrial action which lasted for 15 days.
⁽⁴¹⁾The figures for 2004–05 are provisional.
Source:
ODPM annual returns

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	Number of firefighters injured at operational incidents
Fire and rescue service	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03⁽⁴⁰⁾	2003–04	2004–05⁽⁴¹⁾
Avon	55	80	92	85	131	94	46
Bedfordshire and Luton	61	44	43	28	33	7	31
Buckinghamshire	37	27	24	24	10	21	15
Cambridgeshire	69	64	44	46	35	48	33
Cheshire	49	46	49	39	48	59	58
Cleveland	25	37	29	n/a	32	43	29
Cornwall	17	33	40	27	33	31	28
County Durham and Darlington	41	41	31	32	53	33	28
Cumbria	40	43	61	41	43	36	40
Derbyshire	85	58	71	46	49	35	63
Devon	68	78	109	52	50	65	41
Dorset	43	47	47	79	43	65	52
East Sussex	35	51	26	57	47	86	55
Essex	67	92	103	89	62	102	67
Gloucestershire	31	25	49	45	40	44	36
Greater Manchester	232	293	261	219	184	188	176
Hampshire	50	76	81	50	50	80	38
Hereford and Worcester	29	14	34	29	38	43	50
Hertfordshire	35	57	51	42	62	135	73
Humberside	63	90	57	91	81	58	62
Isle of Wight	7	22	6	16	16	6	4
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Kent	92	97	79	81	60	104	88
Lancashire	42	61	76	n/a	62	59	67
Leicestershire	50	35	47	36	41	39	13
Lincolnshire	33	15	22	27	18	18	19
London	431	448	486	388	387	413	244
Merseyside	79	112	74	61	83	90	133
Norfolk	41	65	40	56	47	64	34
North Yorkshire	39	37	34	28	32	39	24
Northamptonshire	37	30	44	47	55	52	63
Northumberland	20	19	24	19	14	20	19
Nottinghamshire	65	69	62	75	96	67	n/a
Oxfordshire	53	45	39	61	22	36	13
Royal Berkshire	60	64	69	31	34	47	19
Shropshire	28	22	16	28	26	27	15
Somerset	48	24	24	60	33	60	16
South Yorkshire	47	65	66	85	86	74	55
Staffordshire	55	75	113	54	62	64	87
Suffolk	65	78	61	49	65	63	16
Surrey	91	49	54	54	110	233	84
Tyne and Wear	103	110	95	96	99	95	46
Warwickshire	28	32	27	22	17	52	30
West Midlands	140	135	140	146	155	228	219
West Sussex	52	51	63	45	27	42	25
West Yorkshire	101	141	121	144	111	123	100
Wiltshire	26	18	21	31	25	32	17
Total	2,965	3,215	3,205	2,861	2,909	3,420	2,471

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