Fire Services

Paul Holmes

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many firefighters there were per 100,000 residents in (a) England, (b) Derbyshire and (c) Chesterfield in each year since 1997. (225329)

Information on the number of firefighters per 100,000 population in Derbyshire and England is set out in the following table. Information for Chesterfield is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

*Firefighters per 100,000 population*
	Derbyshire	England
1997-98	90	92
1998-99	87	92
1999-2000	90	91
2000-01	87	91
2001-02	88	90
2002-03	83	90
2003-04	85	90
2004-05	85	89
2005-06	82	89
2006-07	81	89
Source: Annual returns to Communities and Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many retained firefighters entered full-time service in each of the last three years, broken down by brigade. (225440)

The information requested is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 8 October 2008