24 July 2006 : Column 809W—continued
| Staff in post on 31 March 2005 (all persons having a fire control role) |
| Region | Staff (full-time equivalents) |
|
East of England: 6 control rooms
| |
|
Kempston, Bedford
|
26
|
|
Huntingdon
|
29
|
|
Hutton (Essex)
|
(1)44
|
|
Hertford
|
26
|
|
Heathersett, Norwich
|
27
|
|
Ipswich
|
23
|
| | |
|
East Midlands: 5 control rooms
| |
|
Littleover, Derby
|
32
|
|
Glenfield, Leicester
|
27
|
|
Lincoln
|
24
|
|
Northampton
|
23
|
|
Arnold, Nottingham
|
28
|
| | |
|
London: 1 control room
| |
|
London SE1
|
111
|
| | |
|
North East: 4 control rooms
| |
|
Hartlepool
|
23
|
|
Durham
|
27
|
|
Morpeth
|
23
|
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
36
|
| | |
|
North West: 5 control rooms
| |
|
Winsford
|
24
|
|
Cockermouth
|
18
|
|
Swinton, Manchester
|
68
|
|
Fulwood, Preston
|
45
|
|
Bootle, Liverpool
|
54
|
| | |
|
South East: 9 control rooms
| |
|
Tilehurst, Reading
|
34
|
|
Aylesbury
|
21
|
|
Eastbourne
|
27
|
|
Eastleigh
|
38
|
|
Newport (Isle of Wight)
|
13
|
|
Tovil, Maidstone
|
39
|
|
Kidlington, Oxford
|
21
|
|
Reigate
|
28
|
|
Chichester
|
31
|
| | |
|
South West: 7 control rooms
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|
Bristol
|
34
|
|
Truro
|
16
|
|
Clyst St. George, Exeter
|
28
|
|
Dorchester
|
24
|
|
Quedgeley, Gloucester
|
21
|
|
Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton
|
21
|
|
Potterne, Devizes
|
24
|
| | |
|
West Midlands: 5 control rooms
| |
|
Worcester
|
21
|
|
Shrewsbury
|
17
|
|
Stone
|
31
|
|
Royal Leamington Spa
|
17
|
|
Birmingham
|
62
|
| | |
|
Yorkshire and the Humber: 4 control rooms
| |
|
Kingston upon Hull
|
29
|
|
Northallerton
|
24
|
|
Sheffield
|
38
|
|
Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire
|
55
|
(1) 2004 figure.
Source:
Fire and Rescue Service returns to DCLG.
|
Firefighters
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many incidents (a) Merseyside Fire Service and (b) fire services in England experienced where booby-traps had been left to injure firemen in the course of carrying out their duties in each year for which figures are available. [88206]
Angela E. Smith:
The information requested is not held centrally.
Fires
Lynne Featherstone:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many outbreaks of fire were recorded in each London borough in each of the last five years. [86797]
Angela E. Smith:
Information provided by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) is tabulated as follows.
| Fires attended in each London borough, 2001-02 to 2005-06 |
| | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
|
Barking and Dagenham
|
2,451
|
2,066
|
2,960
|
1,853
|
1,651
|
|
Barnet
|
1,333
|
1,299
|
1,641
|
1,152
|
1,248
|
|
Bexley
|
1,745
|
1,295
|
1,968
|
1,337
|
1,370
|
|
Brent
|
1,367
|
1,230
|
1,518
|
1,124
|
1,062
|
|
Bromley
|
1,870
|
1,702
|
2,130
|
1,544
|
1,794
|
|
Camden
|
1,467
|
1,479
|
1,303
|
1,159
|
1,027
|
|
City of London
|
131
|
115
|
131
|
127
|
90
|
|
Croydon
|
1,949
|
1,481
|
2,084
|
1,407
|
1,360
|
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|
Ealing
|
1,723
|
1,534
|
1,853
|
1,335
|
1,336
|
|
Enfield
|
1,834
|
1,554
|
2,116
|
1,496
|
1,398
|
|
Greenwich
|
2,766
|
2,285
|
3,270
|
1,892
|
2,092
|
|
Hackney
|
2,609
|
1,945
|
1,958
|
1,557
|
1,438
|
|
Hammersmith and Fulham
|
744
|
743
|
829
|
655
|
604
|
|
Haringey
|
1,569
|
1,402
|
1,426
|
1,192
|
1,107
|
|
Harrow
|
823
|
746
|
840
|
600
|
531
|
|
Havering
|
1,831
|
1,482
|
2,099
|
1,396
|
1,485
|
|
Hillingdon
|
1,997
|
1,893
|
2,134
|
1,313
|
1,211
|
|
Hounslow
|
1,875
|
1,589
|
2,112
|
1,219
|
1,187
|
|
Islington
|
1,797
|
1,701
|
1,707
|
1,127
|
1,177
|
|
Kensington and Chelsea
|
666
|
516
|
668
|
553
|
489
|
|
Kingston-upon-Thames
|
607
|
527
|
707
|
568
|
467
|
|
Lambeth
|
2,039
|
1,702
|
1,772
|
1,390
|
1,241
|
|
Lewisham
|
1,588
|
1,443
|
1,822
|
1,313
|
1,336
|
|
Merton
|
1,090
|
1,012
|
1,195
|
706
|
761
|
|
Newham
|
3,618
|
2,929
|
2,985
|
1,830
|
1,688
|
|
Redbridge
|
1,318
|
1,165
|
1,664
|
1,117
|
1,025
|
|
Richmond-upon-Thames
|
533
|
525
|
750
|
464
|
404
|
|
Southwark
|
2,740
|
2,341
|
2,523
|
2,026
|
1,737
|
|
Sutton
|
1,033
|
908
|
1,142
|
731
|
755
|
|
Tower Hamlets
|
4,008
|
3,162
|
3,531
|
2,761
|
2,602
|
|
Waltham Forest
|
1,301
|
1,289
|
1,779
|
1,115
|
1,165
|
|
Wandsworth
|
1,273
|
1,131
|
1,367
|
1,037
|
921
|
|
Westminster
|
1,501
|
1,377
|
1,300
|
1,197
|
1,199
|
|
Total
|
55,196
|
47,568
|
57,284
|
40,293
|
38,958
|
Note:
Data supplied by LFEPA, and include both primary and secondary fires.
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