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	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of domestic fires in the private rented sector in England that have occurred as a result of (a) smoking and (b) electrical fires since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	280205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect this information. Data on electrical fires and those caused by smoking are available in tables 6.02 and 6.05 here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire </a>but we do not collect information on the tenure of the property in which the fire took place.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/07/2019 15:28:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

997300

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180118 on Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Staff, what impact assessments his Department has conducted on Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	184932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Central Government regularly engages with both fire and rescue services and authorities in relation to the delivery of fire provision in England.</p><p>I recently commissioned a piece of work to look at the demand and risks facing fire and rescue services in England. As part of this, I wrote to all services inviting them to provide evidence of changing demands and risk in their service. I also had a discussion with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in June 2018, to better understand the pressures they faced.</p><p>Central Government has not undertaken a formal assessment of workforce numbers. It is the responsibility of the Mayor of Greater Manchester to ensure that his local fire and rescue service have the appropriate resource in place to deliver their core functions and that their staff are appropriately supported to undertake their vital role.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) are currently undertaking an inspection programme which is looking at how effective and efficient each fire and rescue service in England is at keeping their communities safe from fire and other risks across their core functions of prevention, protection and response. This includes a focus on how services allocate and support their workforce to fulfil its core functions. HMICFRS will start discovery phase in Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in November and the results of the inspection are due to be made available by Summer 2019. We will give full consideration to these findings when made available.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 184934 184935 184938 184939 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:56:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

997301

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180118 on Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Staff, whether his Department has had discussions with representatives of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service on staffing levels since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	184933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Central Government regularly engages with both fire and rescue services and authorities in relation to the delivery of fire provision in England.</p><p>I recently commissioned a piece of work to look at the demand and risks facing fire and rescue services in England. As part of this, I wrote to all services inviting them to provide evidence of changing demands and risk in their service. I also had a discussion with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in June 2018, to better understand the pressures they faced.</p><p>Central Government has not undertaken a formal assessment of workforce numbers. It is the responsibility of the Mayor of Greater Manchester to ensure that his local fire and rescue service have the appropriate resource in place to deliver their core functions and that their staff are appropriately supported to undertake their vital role.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) are currently undertaking an inspection programme which is looking at how effective and efficient each fire and rescue service in England is at keeping their communities safe from fire and other risks across their core functions of prevention, protection and response. This includes a focus on how services allocate and support their workforce to fulfil its core functions. HMICFRS will start discovery phase in Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in November and the results of the inspection are due to be made available by Summer 2019. We will give full consideration to these findings when made available.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2018 16:54:23 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

997303

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180118 on Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Staff, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels at the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	184934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Central Government regularly engages with both fire and rescue services and authorities in relation to the delivery of fire provision in England.</p><p>I recently commissioned a piece of work to look at the demand and risks facing fire and rescue services in England. As part of this, I wrote to all services inviting them to provide evidence of changing demands and risk in their service. I also had a discussion with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in June 2018, to better understand the pressures they faced.</p><p>Central Government has not undertaken a formal assessment of workforce numbers. It is the responsibility of the Mayor of Greater Manchester to ensure that his local fire and rescue service have the appropriate resource in place to deliver their core functions and that their staff are appropriately supported to undertake their vital role.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) are currently undertaking an inspection programme which is looking at how effective and efficient each fire and rescue service in England is at keeping their communities safe from fire and other risks across their core functions of prevention, protection and response. This includes a focus on how services allocate and support their workforce to fulfil its core functions. HMICFRS will start discovery phase in Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in November and the results of the inspection are due to be made available by Summer 2019. We will give full consideration to these findings when made available.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 184932 184935 184938 184939 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:56:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

997304

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180119 on Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Staff, what meetings Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to discuss support and well being provision for fire service personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	184935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Central Government regularly engages with both fire and rescue services and authorities in relation to the delivery of fire provision in England.</p><p>I recently commissioned a piece of work to look at the demand and risks facing fire and rescue services in England. As part of this, I wrote to all services inviting them to provide evidence of changing demands and risk in their service. I also had a discussion with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in June 2018, to better understand the pressures they faced.</p><p>Central Government has not undertaken a formal assessment of workforce numbers. It is the responsibility of the Mayor of Greater Manchester to ensure that his local fire and rescue service have the appropriate resource in place to deliver their core functions and that their staff are appropriately supported to undertake their vital role.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) are currently undertaking an inspection programme which is looking at how effective and efficient each fire and rescue service in England is at keeping their communities safe from fire and other risks across their core functions of prevention, protection and response. This includes a focus on how services allocate and support their workforce to fulfil its core functions. HMICFRS will start discovery phase in Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in November and the results of the inspection are due to be made available by Summer 2019. We will give full consideration to these findings when made available.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 184932 184934 184938 184939 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:56:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

997307

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180120 on Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Standards, what meetings Ministers of his Department have had with the Mayor of Greater Manchester since May 2017 to discuss the provision of fire services.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	184938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Central Government regularly engages with both fire and rescue services and authorities in relation to the delivery of fire provision in England.</p><p>I recently commissioned a piece of work to look at the demand and risks facing fire and rescue services in England. As part of this, I wrote to all services inviting them to provide evidence of changing demands and risk in their service. I also had a discussion with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in June 2018, to better understand the pressures they faced.</p><p>Central Government has not undertaken a formal assessment of workforce numbers. It is the responsibility of the Mayor of Greater Manchester to ensure that his local fire and rescue service have the appropriate resource in place to deliver their core functions and that their staff are appropriately supported to undertake their vital role.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) are currently undertaking an inspection programme which is looking at how effective and efficient each fire and rescue service in England is at keeping their communities safe from fire and other risks across their core functions of prevention, protection and response. This includes a focus on how services allocate and support their workforce to fulfil its core functions. HMICFRS will start discovery phase in Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in November and the results of the inspection are due to be made available by Summer 2019. We will give full consideration to these findings when made available.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 184932 184934 184935 184939 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:56:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

997308

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations his Department has received from the office of the Mayor of Greater Manchester on fire service provision.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	184939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Central Government regularly engages with both fire and rescue services and authorities in relation to the delivery of fire provision in England.</p><p>I recently commissioned a piece of work to look at the demand and risks facing fire and rescue services in England. As part of this, I wrote to all services inviting them to provide evidence of changing demands and risk in their service. I also had a discussion with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in June 2018, to better understand the pressures they faced.</p><p>Central Government has not undertaken a formal assessment of workforce numbers. It is the responsibility of the Mayor of Greater Manchester to ensure that his local fire and rescue service have the appropriate resource in place to deliver their core functions and that their staff are appropriately supported to undertake their vital role.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) are currently undertaking an inspection programme which is looking at how effective and efficient each fire and rescue service in England is at keeping their communities safe from fire and other risks across their core functions of prevention, protection and response. This includes a focus on how services allocate and support their workforce to fulfil its core functions. HMICFRS will start discovery phase in Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in November and the results of the inspection are due to be made available by Summer 2019. We will give full consideration to these findings when made available.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 184932 184934 184935 184938 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:56:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

997309

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 180121 on Fires, when his Department plans to publish its lessons learned review of the Fire Service's response to the wildfires of Summer 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	184940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is picking up lessons from the wildfires internally and there is no intention to publish a report. Operational lessons learned work from the wildfires will be conducted by the Fire and Rescue Services and it will be their decision whether to publish this more widely.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 05/11/2018 17:44:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

988770

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the average response time to dwelling fires by the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in each year since 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	180117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office published the latest statistics on average response times to fires in England on 25 January 2018. The average response times for dwelling fires recorded by Greater Manchester FRS are shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 mins 36 secs</p></td><td><p>7 mins 13 secs</p></td><td><p>6 mins 55 secs</p></td><td><p>6 mins 46 secs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures for 2017-18 will be released in Winter 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/10/2018 15:21:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

988840

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many firefighter posts there were in the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16, (d) 2016-17 and (e) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	180118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office published the latest statistics on firefighter numbers in England on 26 October 2017. The number of firefighters (full time equivalent) employed by Greater Manchester FRS on the 31<sup>st</sup> March each year are shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,614</p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1,532</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p>1,385</p></td><td><p>1,292</p></td><td><p>1,291</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/10/2018 15:25:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne