Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of what constitutes a safe fire engine-to-population ratio with (a) a fire station with 24-hour cover, (b) day-time firefighter cover with a retained-only night service and (c) retained-only cover.

No. These are operational matters for local fire and rescue leaders to assess based on an understanding of their local risk.