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Devon County Council
Mr. Streeter:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the long-term debt of Devon county council was at the end of each financial year from 2001-02 to 2005-06. [103391]
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Mr. Woolas:
The level of long-term debt of Devon county council at 31 March for each year from 2002 to 2006 is tabled as follows.
| | Long-term debt (£ million) |
|
2002
|
338.6
|
|
2003
|
365.3
|
|
2004
|
409.6
|
|
2005
|
449.6
|
|
2006
|
539.6
|
Note:
“Long-term” is defined as a loan having an original maturity of 365 days or more.
Source:
Monthly Borrowing and Lending Inquiry and Public Works Loan Board.
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Fire Service
John McDonnell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) wholetime firefighters and (b) retained firefighters were employed on 11 September (i) 2001 and (ii) in each subsequent year, broken down by fire authority area. [103280]
Angela E. Smith:
The following information covers the number of whole-time and retained duty system firefighters employed by the Fire and Rescue Services in England over the period 2001-02 to 2004-05 (at 31 March in each year).
| Number of fire and rescue service staff in post—whole-time and retained duty system 2001-02 to 2004-05 (at 31 March) |
| | Whole-time | Retained duty system |
| | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
|
Avon
|
651
|
639
|
678
|
669
|
218
|
215
|
213
|
220
|
|
Bedfordshire and Luton
|
334
|
319
|
330
|
323
|
151
|
139
|
106
|
150
|
|
Buckinghamshire
|
304
|
330
|
352
|
349
|
190
|
200
|
195
|
184
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
274
|
273
|
285
|
273
|
344
|
327
|
350
|
369
|
|
Cheshire
|
626
|
623
|
616
|
602
|
190
|
199
|
199
|
198
|
|
Cleveland
|
610
|
586
|
570
|
563
|
85
|
89
|
87
|
90
|
|
Cornwall
|
183
|
192
|
205
|
201
|
425
|
431
|
413
|
418
|
|
County Durham and Darlington
|
412
|
407
|
402
|
385
|
161
|
160
|
158
|
154
|
|
Cumbria
|
274
|
274
|
271
|
274
|
439
|
461
|
458
|
467
|
|
Derbyshire
|
482
|
467
|
479
|
475
|
364
|
341
|
353
|
354
|
|
Devon
|
538
|
565
|
575
|
562
|
727
|
728
|
771
|
825
|
|
Dorset
|
298
|
304
|
309
|
302
|
331
|
332
|
343
|
357
|
|
East Sussex
|
423
|
423
|
453
|
434
|
240
|
291
|
224
|
241
|
|
Essex
|
948
|
937
|
920
|
936
|
477
|
472
|
475
|
488
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
226
|
233
|
238
|
239
|
289
|
298
|
285
|
296
|
|
Greater Manchester
|
2,148
|
2,139
|
2,100
|
2,028
|
38
|
20
|
35
|
38
|
|
Hampshire
|
770
|
799
|
808
|
790
|
688
|
673
|
704
|
707
|
|
Hereford and Worcester
|
352
|
351
|
347
|
319
|
355
|
355
|
344
|
340
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
570
|
564
|
574
|
564
|
261
|
208
|
268
|
257
|
|
Humberside
|
720
|
721
|
728
|
710
|
327
|
335
|
344
|
351
|
|
Isle of Wight
|
59
|
61
|
58
|
63
|
153
|
163
|
163
|
148
|
|
Isles of Scilly
|
10
|
10
|
11
|
11
|
34
|
34
|
40
|
39
|
|
Kent
|
951
|
938
|
942
|
892
|
736
|
719
|
739
|
111
|
|
Lancashire
|
1,002
|
1,008
|
990
|
957
|
357
|
369
|
384
|
402
|
|
Leicestershire
|
476
|
478
|
476
|
477
|
225
|
218
|
218
|
262
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
187
|
192
|
187
|
195
|
495
|
498
|
529
|
506
|
|
London
|
5,758
|
5,758
|
5,990
|
5,815
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Merseyside
|
1,317
|
1,342
|
1,319
|
1,276
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
21
|
|
Norfolk
|
308
|
288
|
295
|
281
|
405
|
426
|
435
|
501
|
|
North Yorkshire
|
364
|
351
|
363
|
358
|
366
|
392
|
324
|
381
|
|
Northamptonshire
|
292
|
307
|
311
|
302
|
242
|
228
|
220
|
237
|
|
Northumberland
|
208
|
209
|
198
|
193
|
187
|
177
|
187
|
189
|
|
Nottinghamshire
|
576
|
589
|
587
|
549
|
354
|
356
|
349
|
339
|
|
Oxfordshire
|
231
|
233
|
245
|
237
|
319
|
320
|
293
|
301
|
|
Royal Berkshire
|
397
|
436
|
430
|
422
|
155
|
168
|
154
|
137
|
|
Shropshire
|
206
|
216
|
216
|
208
|
299
|
289
|
294
|
294
|
|
Somerset
|
181
|
181
|
179
|
184
|
372
|
364
|
373
|
377
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
923
|
914
|
918
|
878
|
58
|
63
|
59
|
54
|
|
Staffordshire
|
471
|
471
|
470
|
447
|
398
|
420
|
397
|
424
|
|
Suffolk
|
253
|
250
|
244
|
257
|
401
|
415
|
399
|
425
|
|
Surrey
|
686
|
693
|
669
|
673
|
129
|
130
|
134
|
133
|
|
Tyne and Wear
|
1,009
|
999
|
970
|
945
|
23
|
23
|
23
|
23
|
|
Warwickshire
|
282
|
279
|
284
|
276
|
178
|
189
|
191
|
179
|
|
West Midlands
|
2,028
|
1,971
|
1,968
|
1,944
|
9
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
|
West Sussex
|
393
|
395
|
409
|
394
|
311
|
323
|
295
|
353
|
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|
West Yorkshire
|
1,660
|
1,678
|
1,658
|
1,602
|
163
|
159
|
165
|
187
|
|
Wiltshire
|
221
|
221
|
229
|
219
|
344
|
316
|
314
|
339
|
|
England
|
31,592
|
31,614
|
31,856
|
31,053
|
13,013
|
13,044
|
13,015
|
13,543
|
Source:
Fire and Rescue Service returns to Department for Communities and Local Government
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