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Departmental Training
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent on media training for each Minister in her Department in each of the last three years; how many sessions have been provided; and which organisations provided such training. [268553]
Mr. Khan: Training is provided to Ministers as necessary in order to carry out their duties effectively under the Ministerial Code.
Eco-towns: St. Austell
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding the promoters of the St Austell eco-town development have applied for under the Community Infrastructure Fund; and when a decision on the application is expected. [265283]
Margaret Beckett: I refer the hon. Member to my statement of 27 March 2009, Official Report, column 29WS in which I and my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport announced the funding being made available from the Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF). This lists the projects that were successful in securing funding from CIF. Private sector promoters, such as those leading the St. Austell eco-town proposal are not eligible to bid into this scheme.
Fire Services
Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many road traffic accidents which resulted in a person requiring extrication from a vehicle the Fire and Rescue Service attended in (a) each fire authority area and (b) each region in each of the last three years. [268044]
Mr. Khan: The number of road traffic collisions attended by each Fire and Rescue Service where people were extricated from vehicles are shown in the table for each of the last three years and with regional totals.
Fire Services: Injuries
Mr. Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many major injuries were sustained by firefighters in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each year of the last 10 years. [267211]
Mr. Khan: The numbers of injuries sustained by fire fighters in Eastbourne and East Sussex in each of the last 10 years which were reportable under the Health and Safety Executive’s Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 are shown in the tables.
| (a) RIDDOR( 1) reportable injuries to firefighters, Eastbourne | |||
| Number of ‘over 3 day’ injuries( 2) | Number of major( 3) injuries | Number of fatal injuries | |
| (1 )Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) (2 )Injuries which are not classified as ‘major’ but as a result of which an individual was off work or unable to do their full range of normal duties for more than three days (3 )Reportable major injuries include fracture other than to fingers, thumbs or toes, and dislocation of the shoulder, hip, knee or spine. Source: East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service. | |||
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