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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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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
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.

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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
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.

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) primary and (b) secondary fires there were in England in each year since 1981; and how many dwelling fires there were in England in each year since 1976. [86803]

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

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Primary, dwelling and secondary fires attended by fire and rescue services, England: 1976 to 2004
Thousand
	Total primary fires	Dwelling fires	Secondary fires
1976	—	39.8	—
1977	—	40.1	—
1978	—	39.6	—
1979	—	48.4	—
1980	—	42.2	—
1981	113.0	44.4	112.9
1982	118.8	44.2	126.2
1983	122.4	45.0	132.6
1984	129.1	45.6	169.8
1985	131.0	48.5	125.6
1986	134.1	49.1	122.5
1987	135.0	49.4	102.9
1988	135.7	50.0	118.2
1989	144.5	50.1	194.0
1990	146.0	48.7	210.7
1991	155.8	49.4	156.3
1992	162.5	50.2	148.8
1993	160.2	50.7	168.6
1994	159.4	52.0	195.8
1995	161.3	52.2	300.2
1996	168.6	56.6	226.7
1997	164.5	57.6	189.5
1998	163.4	56.5	146.3
1999	178.8	57.5	180.0
2000	180.0	56.2	179.8
2001	188.4	54.8	229.5
2002	182.6	51.6	225.9
2003	176.8	51.1	308.5
2004	150.9	48.1	192.0
Notes: 1. Data collection methods have varied over time, so categories may not be consistent throughout the period. 2. Data includes estimates for incidents not recorded in November 2002 and January and February 2003 during industrial action. Source: Fire and Rescue Service returns to DCLG.

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many deliberate (a) vehicle fires and (b) fires there were in each London borough in each of the last five years. [86836]

Angela E. Smith: Information provided by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) is showing in the following tables:

Deliberate vehicle fires attended by London Fire Brigade by borough
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Barking and Dagenham	729	478	403	275	200
Barnet	195	229	200	138	180
Bexley	362	276	254	162	137
Brent	195	170	164	123	133
Bromley	569	461	375	299	336
Camden	147	120	81	57	61
City of London	0	2	0	0	1
Croydon	389	257	252	179	198
Ealing	316	278	220	142	145
Enfield	451	326	318	210	181
Greenwich	576	462	448	332	279
Hackney	585	399	267	139	156
Hammersmith and Fulham	51	67	46	26	24
Haringey	289	281	242	140	125
Harrow	150	138	74	49	36
Havering	377	333	330	201	196
Hillingdon	645	515	345	229	171
Hounslow	417	371	283	177	176
Islington	330	222	189	67	107
Kensington and Chelsea	32	31	26	23	21
Kingston-upon-Thames	133	96	120	124	51
Lambeth	234	179	144	92	104
Lewisham	267	255	185	117	131
Merton	253	205	157	102	93
Newham	830	579	441	237	215
Redbridge	332	222	177	124	132
Richmond-upon-Thames	46	48	33	25	28
Southwark	399	310	222	171	130
Sutton	162	140	145	73	68
Tower Hamlets	624	505	357	298	252
Waltham Forest	211	194	192	114	121
Wandsworth	127	92	112	56	54
Westminster	34	41	34	17	32

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Deliberate fires attended by London Fire Brigade by borough
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06
Barking and Dagenham	1,835	1,540	2,348	1,305	1,019
Barnet	698	706	815	518	592
Bexley	1,272	920	1,420	838	756
Brent	604	547	693	507	444
Bromley	1,362	1,247	1,499	1,072	1,141
Camden	664	685	585	407	341
City of London	15	16	17	20	3
Croydon	1,125	842	1,174	748	728
Ealing	1,084	847	944	619	605
Enfield	1,163	985	1,339	822	720
Greenwich	1,951	1,580	2,418	1,271	1,226
Hackney	1,871	1,249	1,083	647	585
Hammersmith and Fulham	293	314	328	187	174
Haringey	853	746	748	554	449
Harrow	477	393	408	257	206
Havering	1,317	1,061	1,525	925	880
Hillingdon	1,347	1,276	1,271	679	607
Hounslow	1,275	1,051	1,386	746	673
Islington	1,134	1,114	1,039	575	562
Kensington and Chelsea	189	129	198	153	114
Kingston-upon-Thames	307	245	347	299	198
Lambeth	932	780	806	548	468
Lewisham	866	795	980	639	619
Merton	632	577	704	346	346
Newham	2,743	2,148	1,989	1,013	856
Redbridge	841	691	823	565	515
Richmond-upon-Thames	229	254	326	197	145
Southwark	1,656	1,339	1,360	958	711
Sutton	663	564	739	404	406
Tower Hamlets	2,888	2,172	2,398	1,782	1,526
Waltham Forest	716	785	984	574	526
Wandsworth	565	472	611	419	292
Westminster	393	398	300	221	159
Note: Data supplied by LFEPA, and includes both primary and secondary fires.

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many large outbreaks of fire there were in each fire authority in each of the last 10 years. [87181]

Angela E. Smith: The information requested is in the following table.

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Fires( 1, 2) attended by five or more pumping appliances by FRS area, England: 1995-2004
Number
FRS area	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
England	1,934	1,666	1,420	1,446	2,261	1,554	1,711	1,655	1,890	1,476
England-Non-Met counties	1,132	1,015	766	663	1,314	933	1,020	1,057	1,279	970
Avon	10	46	16	23	37	36	31	37	63	34
Bedfordshire	17	20	23	0	9	25	10	1	14	24
Berkshire	28	28	12	13	40	22	1	23	30	39
Buckinghamshire	28	21	10	6	24	15	4	31	16	7
Cambridgeshire	20	23	8	5	35	16	18	16	13	19
Cheshire	51	32	24	25	33	28	12	46	50	34
Cleveland	25	14	22	4	37	17	25	29	5	27
Cornwall	16	33	17	3	17	34	10	5	1	0
Cumbria	9	7	1	10	7	15	17	11	11	9
Derbyshire	25	15	8	9	17	8	12	17	16	12
Devon	57	39	42	33	33	23	55	100	34	54
Dorset	49	29	28	28	52	63	61	62	66	41
Durham	15	1	14	5	4	7	7	8	6	9
East Sussex	22	17	11	1	29	26	16	21	26	25
Essex	58	42	33	23	67	45	69	21	72	2
Gloucestershire	13	31	4	17	13	26	3	15	22	16
Hampshire	41	44	30	33	69	65	51	34	84	39
Hereford and Worcester	33	15	18	18	17	15	30	23	24	20
Hertfordshire	55	21	14	26	58	26	27	24	28	22
Humberside	47	48	19	20	72	24	51	68	59	12
Isle of Wight	9	3	16	3	7	6	5	0	0	0
Kent	92	116	60	45	'105	90	101	115	96	65
Lancashire	20	28	34	53	78	42	43	33	46	51
Leicestershire	25	18	35	31	33	22	13	24	20	20
Lincolnshire	27	19	12	23	28	28	17	15	24	33
Norfolk	36	13	24	10	53	29	38	42	48	39
North Yorkshire	30	18	29	8	14	11	10	28	21	20
Northamptonshire	16	13	6	8	54	11	2	4	36	19
Northumberland	10	2	27	6	4	1	0	6	17	9
Nottinghamshire	26	21	6	21	37	20	16	17	30	46
Oxfordshire	15	29	27	16	49	20	25	5	39	14
Shropshire	20	21	14	14	18	5	7	20	7	7
Somerset	13	13	5	12	35	18	25	27	21	16
Staffordshire	41	26	10	14	31	22	10	25	30	28
Suffolk	46	78	18	36	16	15	39	30	48	40
Surrey	13	20	27	9	20	5	46	16	58	26
Warwickshire	21	5	15	16	5	0	13	25	13	36
West Sussex	34	27	31	18	30	40	49	23	66	55
Wiltshire	17	19	16	18	29	12	50	7	21	1
Isles of Scilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
England-Met Counties	802	651	654	783	947	621	691	598	611	506
Greater Manchester	92	58	60	66	78	50	120	95	108	75
Merseyside	50	38	31	38	69	33	22	48	28	21
South Yorkshire	10	21	12	6	30	16	20	5	20	18
Tyne and Wear	28	28	62	40	44	25	99	33	38	24
West Midlands	117	126	156	249	209	197	126	135	136	138
West Yorkshire	98	62	50	56	63	49	52	58	40	30
Greater London	409	318	283	328	455	252	252	224	242	200
(1) Including additional late call and heat and smoke damage incidents (not recorded prior to 1994). (2) Excluding incidents not recorded during periods of industrial action in 2002 and 2003. Note: Figures are based on sampled data grossed to fire and rescue service totals. Source: Fire and rescue service returns to DCLG

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