Fire Stations

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of fire stations in each fire brigade area in the United Kingdom; and on average, how many people are served by each fire station according to each fire brigade area.

Mr. John Patten
The statistics for England and Wales, based on the annual returns by fire authorities of the fire brigade establishment scheme in force in their areas on 1 January 1990, are as follows: -----------------
|Fire brigade   |
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|Avon           |
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|Bedfordshire   |
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|Berkshire      |
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|Buckinghamshire|
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|Cambridgeshire |
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|Cheshire       |
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|Cleveland      |
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|Clwyd          |
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|Cornwall       |
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|Cumbria        |
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|Fire brigade          |
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|Derbyshire            |
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|Devon                 |
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|Dorset                |
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|Durham                |
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|Dyfed                 |
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|East Sussex           |
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|Essex                 |
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|Gloucestershire       |
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|Gwent                 |
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|Gwynedd               |
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|Hampshire             |
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|Hereford and Worcester|
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|Hertfordshire         |
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|Humberside            |
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|Isles of Scilly       |
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|Isle of Wight         |
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|Kent                  |
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|Lancashire            |
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|Leicestershire        |
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|Lincolnshire          |
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|London                |
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|Greater Manchester    |
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|Merseyside            |
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|Mid Glamorgan         |
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|Norfolk               |
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|Northamptonshire      |
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|Northumberland        |
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|North Yorkshire       |
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|Nottinghamshire       |
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|Oxfordshire           |
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|Powys                 |
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|Shropshire            |
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|Somerset              |
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|South Glamorgan       |
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|South Yorkshire       |
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|Staffordshire         |
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|Suffolk               |
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|Surrey                |
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|Tyne and Wear         |
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|Warwickshire          |
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|West Glamorgan        |
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|West Midlands         |
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|West Sussex           |
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|West Yorkshire        |
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|Wiltshire             |
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Population is just one factor among many—fully explained in fire service circular No. 4/1985, copies of which are in the Library—used in categorising risk and thus determining the number, location and staffing of fire stations.