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Written Question
Fire and Rescue Services
Monday 23rd February 2015

Asked by: Ian Swales (Liberal Democrat - Redcar)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighting jobs are not front line in each fire authority.

Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons

We do not hold this information centrally.

Information on staff strength and roles, by fire and rescue authority, is published annually in the Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics bulletin. The latest figures refer to end March 2014, and are available in Tables 3a and 3b of following publication:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics-bulletin-for-england-2013-to-2014