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Fire Services (Strength)

Volume 640: debated on Thursday 11 May 1961

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Mr. Swingler

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, for each county and county borough area, the extent of undermanning in the fire service, for the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The following table shows, for each fire brigade in England and Wales, the establishment

Fire BrigadeEstablishmentStrength
PermanentTemporary
Counties—England—
Bedfordshire………126117—
Berkshire and Reading………152134—
Buckinghamshire………222140—
Cambridgeshire………7471—
Cheshire………39835522
Cornwall………106921
Cumberland………4947—
Derbyshire………281217—
Devon………113110—
Dorset………111106—
Durham………34032838
Essex………1,020826—
Gloucestershire………98973
Hampshire………169167—
Herefordshire………48417
Hertfordshire………283282—
Huntingdonshire………1515—
Isle of Ely………2322—
Isle of Wight………2019—
Isles of Scilly………———
Kent………8777965
Lancashire………92083910
Leicestershire and Rutland………109922
Lincs. (Holland)………2222—
Lincs. (Kesteven)………2321—
Lincs. (Lindsey)………10098—
London………2,4822,328—
Middlesex………1,4471,282—
Monmouthshire………113107—
Norfolk………52511
Northamptonshire………8484—
Northumberland………248219—
Nottinghamshire………209207—
Oxfordshire………3838—
Salop………1051003
Soke of Peterborough………3938—
Somerset………113112—
Staffordshire………35627719
Suffolk (East)………150136—
Suffolk (West and Ipswich)………
Surrey………784710—
Sussex (East)………104955
Sussex (West)………121123—
Warwickshire………2651412
Westmorland………1414—
Wiltshire………104100—
Worcester County and County Borough…1591517
Yorks. (East Riding)………3230—
Yorks. (North Riding)………150144—
Yorks. (West Riding)………760732—
Counties—Wales—
Anglesey………1413—
Brecon and Radnorshire………13143
Caernarvonshire………3636—
Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire……7167—
Denbigh and Montgomeryshire………6353—
Flintshire………6261—
Glamorgan………2702604
Merionethshire………66—
Pembrokeshire………3332—
Total………14,19612,815132

and strength of whole-time firemen at 31st December. 1960.

Fire BrigadeEstablishmentStrength
PermanentTemporary

County Boroughs—England—

Barnsley………5956—
Barrow-in-Furness………4750—
Bath………5050—
Birkenhead………106106—
Birmingham………640598—
Blackburn………6359—
Blackpool………10599—
Bolton………9391—
Bootle………98921
Bournemouth………105100—
Bradford………135132—
Brighton………9897—
Bristol………279273—
Burnley………5452—
Burton-on-Trent………4444—
Bury………5252—
Carlisle………4747—
Chester………4646—
Coventry………169122—
Croydon………146143—
Darlington………4444—
Derby………10388—
Dewsbury………5353—
Doncaster………5248—
Dudley………4343—
Eastbourne………4241—
East Ham………70701
Exeter………5245—
Gloucester………5151—
Great Yarmouth………4646—
Grimsby………6059—
Halifax………84771
Hastings………5151—
Huddersfield………7068—
Kingston-upon-Hull………239237—
Leeds………282238—
Leicester………121116—
Lincoln………56531
Liverpool………638587—
Manchester………379331—
Middlesbrough………93851
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead……258243—
Newport (Mon.)………7474—
Northampton………6356—
Norwich………6463—
Nottingham………145144—
Oldham………9692—
Oxford………6056—
Plymouth………134130—
Portsmouth………139135—
Preston………7272—
Rochdale………5858—
Rotherham………6666—
St. Helens………7875—
Salford………106105—
Sheffield………215200—
Smethwick and West Bromwich………8987—
Southampton………143143—
Southend-on-Sea………8277—
Southport………4443—
South Shields………7575—
Stockport………7874—
Stoke-on-Trent………104105—
Sunderland………10095—
Tynemouth………5250—
Wakefield………59561
Wallasey………6461—
Walsall………6360—

Fire BrigadeEstablishmentStrength
PermanentTemporary

County Boroughs—England—cont.

Warrington………6159—
West Ham………153140—
West Hartlepool………5248—
Wigan………5958—
Wolverhampton………8383—
York………6565—

County Boroughs—Wales—

Cardiff………113110—
Merthyr Tydfil………3131—
Swansea………109103—
Total County Boroughs………8,3727,9326
Total County Councils………14,19612,815132
GRAND TOTALS………22,56820,747138