To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many reported incidents of attacks on firefighters there were in each year since 1990. (101316)

Records have only been kept since 1 April 2004 for England and Wales only. The total number of reported incidents since then is 2,581:

In 2004-05, 633 incidents were reported;

In 2005-06, 1,528 incidents were reported;

In 2006-07, 420 incidents were reported.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what reasons underlay her decision not to proceed with the Fire Brigades Union proposals for resilience controls utilising the existing control structure for the Fire and Rescue Service. (101417)

A full analysis of the Fire Brigades Union proposals for resilience controls was undertaken. It concluded that the FBU proposals would not meet the required level of resilience; could potentially add confusion and delay in having more than one control dealing with large incidents; would be at least as expensive to implement as FiReControl; and would increase long term running costs.