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Written question asked by Mary Kelly Foy (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 April 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 May 2024 (named day). It was answered by Chris Philp (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 May 2024 on behalf of the Home Office.

Fire and Rescue Services: Vehicles

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number for fire fighting (a) appliances and (b) vehicles owned by the Fire and Rescue Service over the last five financial years, by each region.

Answer

The latest available data (year ending March 2021) on the number of fire -fighting appliances and vehicles owned by the Fire and Rescue Service is published in FIRE1403, available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/634d2ed6e90e0731aa0fcc59/fire-statistics-data-tables-fire1403-201022.xlsx.

This provides the number of fire operational appliances (fire-fighting appliances) and non-operational appliances which includes the subcategory of vehicles. The data is provided by year for England, and for each fire and rescue service (FRS), designated as either metropolitan or non-metropolitan. We do not publish the data by region, but the numbers for each FRS can be aggregated to provide required regional level data.

The table below provides the number of operational and non-operational appliances in England between the years ending March 2017 and years ending March 2021.

Year ending March

Number of operational appliances

Number of non-operational appliances

Total number of appliances

2017

3,201

5,831

9,032

2018

3,445

5,609

9,054

2019

3,352

5,740

9,092

2020

3,525

5,727

9,252

2021

3,608

5,729

9,337

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
23593
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Fire and rescue services Vehicles
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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