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Home Office

Answer

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the standards of fire cover were in percentage terms in Merseyside in (a) January 1998 to January 1999 and (b) January 1999 to January 2000. [159765] Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Home Office, the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Audit Commission have agreed three Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI) to measure how well brigades are meeting the standards of fire cover. However the records held centrally are catalogued by fiscal year and cannot be converted to a calendar year basis. The records for Merseyside are shown in the table for fiscal years 1998-99 and 1999-2000. Standards of fire cover--Merseyside performance indicators _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total incidents Successes Percentage of successes BVPI 1998-99 1999-2000 1998-99 1999-2000 1998-99 1999-2000 Appliances mobilised 14,073 14,370 14,056 14,265 99.9 99.3 Number of riders 14,073 14,370 14,064 14,287 99.9 99.4 Attendance times 14,073 14,370 13,321 13,596 94.7 94.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

159765; 367 c522W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

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

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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