To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many firefighters retired through ill health and were entitled to ill health retirement and a pension in each of the 10 years prior to the 2004 amendment to the Firefighters Pension Scheme; and how many were entitled in each subsequent year. (182052)

The following are the figures for retirements of whole-time firefighters in England and Wales for 1993 to 2004-05; and England only for 2005-06: