Mr. Goodwill:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what advice has been issued to farmers on the use of rebated fuel in tractors and other agricultural machines engaged in snow-clearing operations on public roads. [312344]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
Public notice 75-Fuel for road vehicles, which is available on the HMRC website at:
and in print from its helpline, explains the circumstances under which certain 'excepted vehicles', including tractors, other agricultural machines and snow clearing vehicles are entitled to use rebated fuel.
Government Departments: Aviation
Mr. Maude:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which company won the contract for the Government Air Programme. [312161]
Ian Pearson:
I refer the hon. Gentlemen to the answer I gave him on 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 499W.
Industrial Health and Safety
Grant Shapps:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the health and safety advice issued to each new starter upon joining his Department. [311817]
Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
The Department provides induction training to each new starter.
Copies of the main documents relating to Health and Safety induction training for new starters will be placed in the Library.
Job Creation
Mr. Harper:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to paragraph 8 on page 33 of his Department's White Paper on Building Britain's Recovery, if he will publish the evidential basis for the estimate that up to half a million jobs have been protected by the Bank of England and the Government during the recession. [312242]
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Sarah McCarthy-Fry:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr. Hammond) on 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 846W.
Non-domestic Rates: Fire Services
Mr. Stewart Jackson:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fire stations (a) were on the 1997 and (b) are on the 2010 Rating List. [311709]
Grant Shapps:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fire stations there were on the Valuation Office Agency's Rating List with special category code 101 in (a) England and (b) each local authority area in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2010. [311664]
Ian Pearson:
The number of fire stations in the 1995 Local Rating Lists, which cover Specialist Category Codes 101 and 964, as at 1 April 1997 totalled 1,464.
The number of fire stations in the Draft 2010 Rating List as at 2 November 2009 totalled 1,470.
Information on each local authority area is given in the following table:
Fire stations
Billing authority
1995 Rating List as at 1 April 1997 (SCAT 964)
2010 Rating List as at 2 November 2009 (SCAT 101)
Adur
2
2
Allerdale
8
8
Alnwick
3
3
Amber Valley
6
6
Arun
5
5
Ashfield
2
2
Ashford
7
6
Aylesbury Vale
7
6
Babergh
5
5
Barking and Dagenham
0
2
Barnet
4
4
Barnsley
5
4
Barrow-in-Furness
4
3
Basildon
3
3
Basingstoke and Deane
5
5
Bassetlaw
5
5
Bath and North East Somerset
5
5
Bedford
3
3
Berwick-upon-Tweed
5
5
Bexley
3
3
Birmingham
17
16
Blaby
1
1
Blackburn with Darwen
2
2
Blackpool
3
3
Blyth Valley
2
2
Bolsover
3
3
Bolton
4
4
Boston
3
3
Bournemouth
3
3
Bracknell Forest
2
2
Bradford
10
11
Braintree
6
6
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Breckland
6
6
Brent
3
3
Brentwood
3
2
Bridgnorth
3
3
Brighton and Hove
3
3
Bristol
6
6
Broadland
4
4
Bromley
4
4
Bromsgrove
1
1
Broxbourne
2
2
Broxstowe
3
4
Burnley
2
2
Bury
3
3
Calderdale
7
7
Cambridge
1
1
Camden
4
4
Cannock Chase
0
2
Canterbury
4
4
Caradon
5
6
Carlisle
3
3
Carrick
3
3
Castle Morpeth
2
2
Castle Point
2
2
Charnwood
3
3
Chelmsford
3
3
Cheltenham
2
1
Cherwell
5
5
Cheshire West and Chester
7
7
Chesterfield
2
2
Chester-le-Street
1
1
Chichester
6
6
Chiltern
3
3
Chorley
1
2
Christchurch
1
1
City of London
0
1
Colchester
5
4
Congleton
4
4
Copeland
6
6
Corby
2
1
Cotswold
7
7
Coventry
4
4
Craven
3
3
Crawley
2
2
Crewe and Nantwich
3
3
Croydon
5
5
Dacorum
6
5
Darlington
1
1
Dartford
2
2
Daventry
5
5
Derby
3
3
Derbyshire Dales
6
6
Derwentside
3
1
Doncaster
7
7
Dover
8
8
Dudley
5
5
Durham
1
1
Ealing
3
4
Easington
3
3
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East Cambridgeshire
5
5
East Devon
6
8
East Dorset
4
4
East Hampshire
6
6
East Hertfordshire
6
6
East Lindsey
11
11
East Northamptonshire
5
5
East Riding of Yorkshire
14
13
East Staffordshire
5
5
Eastbourne
1
1
Eastleigh
5
4
Eden
7
7
Elmbridge
3
3
Enfield
3
3
Epping Forest
4
4
Epsom and Ewell
1
1
Erewash
2
3
Exeter
2
3
Fareham
3
2
Fenland
5
5
Forest Heath
3
3
Forest of Dean
4
4
Fylde
3
3
Gateshead
4
4
Gedling
2
2
Gloucester
1
1
Gosport
1
1
Gravesham
1
1
Great Yarmouth
3
3
Greenwich
7
6
Guildford
2
2
Hackney
4
4
Halton
2
2
Hambleton
5
6
Hammersmith and Fulham
2
2
Harborough
4
4
Haringey
2
2
Harlow
2
2
Harrogate
6
6
Harrow
2
2
Hart
4
4
Hartlepool
2
2
Hastings
2
2
Havant
4
4
Havering
1
3
Herefordshire
12
13
Hertsmere
4
4
High Peak
5
5
Hillingdon
3
3
Hinckley and Bosworth
3
2
Horsham
6
6
Hounslow
3
3
Huntingdonshire
7
7
Hyndburn
3
4
Ipswich
2
2
Isle of Wight
11
11
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Isles of Scilly
1
2
Islington
3
3
Kennet
6
6
Kensington and Chelsea
4
4
Kerrier
5
5
Kettering
4
4
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk
10
11
Kingston upon Hull
7
6
Kingston upon Thames
2
2
Kirklees
11
11
Knowsley
3
3
Lambeth
4
5
Lancaster
6
6
Leeds
14
13
Leicester
3
3
Lewes
4
4
Lewisham
4
5
Lichfield
2
2
Lincoln
1
2
Liverpool
11
10
Luton
2
2
Macclesfield
5
5
Maidstone
5
5
Maldon
4
4
Malvern Hills
2
2
Manchester
8
8
Mansfield
2
2
Medway
9
9
Melton
1
1
Mendip
5
5
Merton
3
3
Mid Bedfordshire
6
6
Mid Devon
4
4
Mid Suffolk
6
5
Mid Sussex
6
6
Middlesbrough
2
3
Milton Keynes
6
5
Mole Valley
2
2
New Forest
11
11
Newark and Sherwood
6
6
Newcastle-under-Lyme
2
3
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
6
5
Newham
4
4
North Cornwall
6
6
North Devon
10
10
North Dorset
4
4
North East Derbyshire
2
2
North East Lincolnshire
5
5
North Hertfordshire
3
3
North Kesteven
6
6
North Lincolnshire
8
9
North Norfolk
8
8
North Shropshire
7
7
North Somerset
9
9
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North Tyneside
2
2
North Warwickshire
3
3
North West Leicestershire
3
3
North Wiltshire
6
6
Northampton
3
3
Norwich
2
4
Nottingham
3
3
Nuneaton and Bedworth
2
2
Oadby and Wigston
1
1
Oldham
3
3
Oswestry
1
1
Oxford
2
2
Pendle
4
4
Penwith
3
3
Peterborough
4
4
Plymouth
5
5
Poole
2
2
Portsmouth
3
3
Preston
2
2
Purbeck
3
3
Reading
4
4
Redbridge
3
3
Redcar and Cleveland
7
8
Redditch
1
1
Reigate and Banstead
1
1
Restormel
7
7
Ribble Valley
2
2
Richmond upon Thames
2
2
Richmondshire
5
5
Rochdale
3
3
Rochford
3
3
Rossendale
3
3
Rother
5
5
Rotherham
6
4
Rugby
2
2
Runnymede
2
2
Rushcliffe
3
3
Rushmoor
1
1
Rutland
4
2
Ryedale
5
5
Salford
6
5
Salisbury
5
5
Sandwell
6
7
Scarborough
8
8
Sedgefield
3
3
Sedgemoor
4
4
Sefton
4
4
Selby
2
2
Sevenoaks
6
6
Sheffield
10
10
Shepway
5
5
Shrewsbury and Atcham
2
2
Slough
2
2
Solihull
2
2
South Bedfordshire
3
3
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South Buckinghamshire
3
2
South Cambridgeshire
5
5
South Derbyshire
2
2
South Gloucestershire
4
4
South Hams
7
7
South Holland
5
5
South Kesteven
6
6
South Lakeland
12
12
South Norfolk
7
7
South Northamptonshire
2
2
South Oxfordshire
7
7
South Ribble
3
3
South Shropshire
7
7
South Somerset
8
8
South Staffordshire
5
5
South Tyneside
2
2
Southampton
3
3
Southend-on-Sea
2
2
Southwark
4
4
Spelthome
2
2
St. Albans
4
5
St. Edmundsbury
6
5
St. Helens
4
3
Stafford
4
4
Staffordshire Moorlands
6
5
Stevenage
1
2
Stockport
5
5
Stockton-on-Tees
4
4
Stoke-on-Trent
3
3
Stratford-on-Avon
10
9
Stroud
5
5
Suffolk Coastal
8
7
Sunderland
6
6
Surrey Heath
2
2
Sutton
2
2
Swale
6
6
Swindon
3
3
Tameside
4
4
Tamworth
1
1
Tandridge
3
3
Taunton Deane
3
3
Teesdale
2
2
Teignbridge
4
7
Telford and Wrekin
4
4
Tendring
6
6
Test Valley
3
3
Tewkesbury
2
2
Thanet
4
4
Three Rivers
1
1
Thurrock
3
3
Tonbridge and Mailing
3
3
Torbay
3
3
Torridge
5
5
Tower Hamlets
6
6
Trafford
3
3
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Tunbridge Wells
7
7
Tynedale
6
6
Uttlesford
6
6
Vale of White Horse
3
3
Wakefield
9
9
Walsall
4
4
Waltham Forest
2
4
Wandsworth
3
3
Wansbeck
1
1
Warrington
3
3
Warwick
3
3
Watford
2
2
Waveney
8
7
Waverley
5
5
Wealden
11
10
Wear Valley
3
3
Wellingborough
2
2
Welwyn Hatfield
3
3
West Berkshire
6
5
West Devon
8
8
West Dorset
6
8
West Lancashire
3
3
West Lindsey
5
6
West Oxfordshire
7
7
West Somerset
4
4
West Wiltshire
5
5
Westminster
4
4
Weymouth and Portland
2
2
Wigan
4
4
Winchester
7
6
Windsor and Maidenhead
4
4
Wirral
6
6
Woking
1
1
Wokingham
3
3
Wolverhampton
4
4
Worcester
1
1
Worthing
1
1
Wychavon
5
5
Wycombe
5
4
Wyre
3
3
Wyre Forest
3
3
York
2
3
Note: Numbers may not sum to totals because of rounding.
