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Malicious false fire alarms attended by constituency
	2004-05	2005-06
Barking	177	96
Battersea	62	35
Beckenham	50	28
Bethnal Green and Bow	311	129
Bexleyheath and Crayford	49	26
Brent East	90	52
Brent North	88	33
Brent South	134	52
Brentford and Isleworth	83	30
Bromley and Chislehurst	57	35
Camberwell and Peckham	139	70
Carshalton and Wallington	37	26
Chingford and Woodford Green	37	45
Chipping Barnet	63	23
Cities of London and Westminster	231	167
Croydon Central	60	84
Croydon North	60	45
Croydon South	20	36
Dagenham	165J	62
Dulwich and West Norwood	93	38
Ealing North	82	30
Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush	109	47
Ealing, Southall	101	50
East Ham	179	60
Edmonton	84	45
Eltham	71	45
Enfield North	166	69
Enfield, Southgate	77	36
Erith and Thamesmead	135	53
Feltham and Heston	69	31
Finchley and Golders Green	62	47
Greenwich and Woolwich	153	68
Hackney North and Stoke Newington	154	52
Hackney South and Shoreditch	214	69
Hammersmith and Fulham	74	28
Hampstead and Highgate	51	45
Harrow East	183	76
Harrow West	39	15
Hayes and Harlington	103	44
Hendon	120	87
Holborn and St. Pancras	216	276
Hornchurch	31	28
Hornsey and Wood Green	135	86
Ilford North	46	25
Ilford South	75	63
Islington North	117	48
Islington South and Finsbury	148	46
Kensington and Chelsea	67	37
Kingston and Surbiton	61	60
Lewisham East	139	45
Lewisham West	114	42
Lewisham, Deptford	71	22
Leyton and Wanstead	88	49
Mitcham and Morden	41	27
North Southwark and Bermondsey	198	87
Old Bexley and Sidcup	19	22
Orpington	75	59
Poplar and Canning Town	290	132
Putney	42	24
Regent’s Park and Kensington North	155	70
Richmond Park	12	13
Romford	48	26
Ruislip-Northwood	26	17
Streatham	85	54
Sutton and Cheam	28	10
Tooting	92	43
Tottenham	255	95
Twickenham	27	17
Upminster	35	24
Uxbridge	40	27
Vauxhall	218	75
Walthamstow	153	75
West Ham	179	71
Wimbledon	24	14
Note: Data supplied by LFEPA.

The total number of malicious false fire alarms by constituency is slightly less than by borough because of missing geographic information.

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Fire Control Centres

Judy Mallaber: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what arrangements are in place to (a) monitor the progress of the roll out of regional fire control centres and (b) ensure all functions and duties currently undertaken by fire control centres are covered in the new structure. [86044]

Angela E. Smith: The FiReControl project is managed in line with the principles of PRINCE2 methodology and Office of Government Commerce (OGC) best practice.

It is managed in stages and includes separate accommodation and technology procurements. Regional projects have been established to plan and manage the changes at regional and FRS levels. Progress is monitored and reported against the project plan. Internal reports are provided to the Project Board, and upwards to the programme executive and DCLG Board. As a mission critical project, quarterly reports are also made to OGC and subject to the Gateway Review process.

All functions and duties currently undertaken in FRS control rooms that are essential to the operation of the fire and rescue service will be done in either the new regional control centres (RCCs) or FRS HQs. Following the responses to a recent questionnaire on current control room activities, we are working with our local delivery co-ordinators in each FRS to plan the effective transition of activities.

More detailed information on our recent follow-up work on existing control room activities can be found on the FiReControl website:

www.firecontrol.communities.gov.uk

Judy Mallaber: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what response she has made to the Fire Brigade Union document “Regional Control: national resilience.” [86045]

Angela E. Smith: The Fire Brigade Union sent a copy of their document “Regional Control: national resilience” to the Deputy Prime Minister and requested a meeting. The Deputy Prime Minister met with the Fire Brigade Union Secretary on the 7 February 2006 to discuss their proposals, amongst other things.

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the location is of each fire local control room in England, broken down by region; and how many people are employed at each. [86782]

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Angela E. Smith: The information requested is tabulated as follows:

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