To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average response time to 999 calls was for the fire services in each year since 1997, broken down by each local authority; and if she will make a statement. (178602)

I have been asked to reply.

A table has been deposited in the Library of the House which shows the average response times taken by each fire and rescue services between 1997 and 2006, the most recent calendar year for which data are available. The table shows the time from the initial call to attendance, and the time from mobilisation to attendance (i.e. the actual driving time).

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of calls to the 999 emergency services number were for the (a) police and (b) fire service in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. (182630)

The Home Office does not keep central records of the proportion of calls to the 999 emergency services number that were for the police, fire service or any other emergency service. Individual police and fire authorities will hold information relating to the number of 999 emergency calls they have received.