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Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the standards of fire cover were in percentage terms for the year April 1999 to March 2000 for each fire service in Wales and England. [159766] Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Home Office, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) and the Audit Commission have agreed three Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI) to measure how well brigades are meeting the standards of fire cover. These are shown in tables 1-3. Table 1. Percentage of incidents at which the number of appliances mobilised met the standards of fire cover 1999-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total incidents Successes Percentage of successes County Durham and Darlington 11,814 11,814 100.0 Derbyshire 10,161 10,161 100.0 Hereford and Worcester 6,172 6,172 100.0 Mid and West Wales 6,200 6,200 100.0 Northumberland 3,528 3,528 100.0 Oxfordshire 7,024 7,024 100.0 Royal Berkshire 1,147 1,147 100.0 Shropshire 2,624 2,624 100.0 Somerset 3,862 3,862 100.0 Warwickshire 4,056 4,056 100.0 West Sussex 11,066 11,066 100.0 West Yorkshire 17,866 17,866 100.0 South Wales 6,073 6,069 99.9 Cambridgeshire 6,973 6,963 99.9 West Midlands 16,875 16,849 99.8 Lincolnshire 2,936 2,931 99.8 Norfolk 5,200 5,186 99.7 Humberside 7,206 7,186 99.7 Buckinghamshire 4,777 4,749 99.4 Wiltshire 5,606 5,569 99.3 Dorset 4,360 4,331 99.3 Merseyside 14,370 14,265 99.3 Devon 6,245 6,195 99.2 Essex 7,068 7,009 99.2 Staffordshire 8,869 8,787 99.1 East Sussex 8,044 7,956 98.9 Leicestershire 1,345 1,327 98.7 Cheshire 7,501 7,391 98.5 Avon 9,282 9,143 98.5 Isle of Wight 884 869 98.3 South Yorkshire 5,010 4,898 97.8 Gloucestershire 4,112 4,006 97.4 Surrey 9,773 9,510 97.3 Bedfordshire and Luton 2,530 2,452 96.9 London 52,784 51,098 96.8 Northamptonshire 7,789 7,455 95.7 Cleveland 2,418 2,301 95.2 Kent 10,722 10,154 94.7 Cornwall 2,764 2,589 93.7 Cumbria {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Greater Manchester {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Hampshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Hertfordshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Lancashire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- North Wales {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- North Yorkshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Nottinghamshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Suffolk {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Tyne and Wear {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Total 307,036 302,758 98.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 2. Percentage of incidents at which the number of riders met the standards of fire cover 1999-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total incidents Successes Percentage of successes West Midlands 16,875 16,834 99.8 Merseyside 14,370 14,287 99.4 Isle of Wight 884 878 99.3 Humberside 7,206 7,155 99.3 Norfolk 5,200 5,135 98.8 Lincolnshire 2,936 2,857 97.3 Northumberland 3,528 3,430 97.2 Mid and West Wales 6,200 5,914 95.4 Royal Berkshire 1,147 1,089 94.9 Hereford and Worcester 6,172 5,676 92.0 South Yorkshire 5,010 4,580 91.4 Somerset 3,862 3,528 91.4 Cleveland 2,418 2,207 91.3 South Wales 6,073 5,506 90.7 Cambridgeshire 6,973 6,285 90.1 Dorset 4,360 3,890 89.2 Oxfordshire 7,024 6,188 88.1 Essex 7,068 6,133 86.8 Leicestershire 1,345 1,166 86.7 Avon 9,282 8,045 86.7 West Yorkshire 17,866 15,459 86.5 Devon 6,245 5,399 86.5 Staffordshire 8,869 7,568 85.3 Cornwall 2,764 2,348 84.9 Shropshire 2,624 2,200 83.8 Warwickshire 4,056 3,392 83.6 Wiltshire 5,606 4,593 81.9 Bedfordshire and Luton 2,530 2,004 79.2 Required by Standards of Fire -- -- 75.0 Cover Cheshire 7,501 5,619 74.9 Buckinghamshire 4,777 3,526 73.8 Gloucestershire 4,112 2,997 72.9 Hertfordshire 7,453 5,382 72.2 London 52,613 36,265 68.9 Kent 10,722 6,653 62.0 Northamptonshire 7,789 4,222 54.2 County Durham and Darlington {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Cumbria {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Derbyshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- East Sussex {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Greater Manchester {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Hampshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Lancashire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- North Wales {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- North Yorkshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Nottinghamshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Suffolk {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Surrey {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Tyne and Wear {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- West Sussex {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Total 263,460 218,410 82.9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 3. Percentage of incidents at which the attendance times met the standards of fire cover 1999-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total incidents Successes Percentage of successes Warwickshire 4,056 4,044 99.7 Mid and West Wales 6,200 6,178 99.6 Northumberland 3,528 3,514 99.6 Norfolk 5,200 5,172 99.5 Somerset 3,862 3,841 99.5 Oxfordshire 7,024 6,970 99.2 East Sussex 8,044 7,956 98.9 Leicestershire 1,345 1,327 98.7 West Sussex 11,066 10,865 98.2 Humberside 7,206 7,058 97.9 Wiltshire 5,606 5,479 97.7 Gloucestershire 4,112 4,006 97.4 Derbyshire 10,161 9,892 97.4 Staffordshire 8,869 8,631 97.3 Suffolk 6,391 6,217 97.3 Lincolnshire 2,936 2,855 97.2 South Wales 6,073 5,899 97.1 Cambridgeshire 6,973 6,749 96.8 Shropshire 2,624 2,539 96.8 Dorset 4,360 4,199 96.3 Average -- -- 96.1 West Yorkshire 17,866 17,144 96.0 Cheshire 7,501 7,184 95.8 Hertfordshire 7,453 7,138 95.8 Northamptonshire 7,789 7,455 95.7 West Midlands 16,875 16,080 95.3 Isle of Wight 884 842 95.2 Kent 10,722 10,210 95.2 Essex 7,068 6,711 94.9 Merseyside 14,370 13,596 94.6 South Yorkshire 5,010 4,702 93.9 Royal Berkshire 1,147 1,076 93.8 Cornwall 2,764 2,589 93.7 Avon 9,282 8,635 93.0 Devon 6,245 5,794 92.8 Surrey 9,773 9,031 92.4 Buckinghamshire 4,777 4,409 92.3 Cleveland 2,418 2,187 90.4 Bedfordshire and Luton 2,530 2,271 89.8 County Durham and Darlington {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Cumbria {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Greater Manchester {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Hampshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Hereford and Worcester {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Lancashire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- London {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- North Wales {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- North Yorkshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Nottinghamshire {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Tyne and Wear {1}-- {1}-- {1}-- Total 250,110 240,445 96.1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Not available

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Written question

Reference

159766; 367 c518-20W;367 c518-22W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Best value Administrative delays Fire and rescue services Staff Standards Wales Vehicles

Contains statistics

Yes

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