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62580

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.20 of the Fire Statistics Great Britain 2012-13, what the reasons are for the difference in the number of primary fires in England attended by the Fire and Rescue Service reported in each table and table 1a of the appendices to the Fire Incidents Response Times, England 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	201259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of today, <em>Official Report, </em>PQs 200566, 200567 &amp; 200568.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 201227 201260 201261 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:18:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

62581

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-fire incidents with casualties were attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	201260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of today, <em>Official Report, </em>PQs 200566, 200567 &amp; 200568.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 201227 201259 201261 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:18:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

62584

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department no longer publishes statistics for non-fire incidents with casualties attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	201261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of today, <em>Official Report, </em>PQs 200566, 200567 &amp; 200568.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 201227 201259 201260 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:18:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

62587

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the difference in the record of the number of primary fires in England attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in paragraph 1.20 of the Fire Statistics Great Britain 2012-13 and in table 1a of the appendices to the Fire Incidents Response Times, England 2012-13, what assessment he has made of whether average response times for 2012-13 have been wrongly calculated.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	201227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of today, <em>Official Report, </em>PQs 200566, 200567 &amp; 200568.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 201259 201260 201261 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:18:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 4411 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

61597

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department no longer publishes statistics for non-fire incidents with casualties attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	200567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Tuesday 17 June 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Collection of statistics</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department's <em>Fire Statistics Monitor</em> publication continues to provide statistics on numbers of non-fire incidents. These are updated twice a year and data for each fire and rescue authority in England can be found in spreadsheet workbook 7 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department published numbers of casualties at non-fire incidents for the first time in the 2010-11 publication of <em>Fire Statistics Great Britain</em>. This was discontinued following a 2012 readership survey which did not identify any need for them on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Statistics on incidents attended</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for incidents with one or more casualties attended by fire and rescue authorities in Great Britain, based on the Fire and Rescue Incident Recording System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire incidents with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>8,881</p></td><td><p>8,167</p></td><td><p>7,464</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Road traffic collision with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>16,627</p></td><td><p>16,375</p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical incidents</p></td><td><p>5,278</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>5,919</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-fire incident with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>6,146</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37,086</p></td><td><p>36,787</p></td><td><p>36,473</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Statistical calculation of response times</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The difference in the primary fire numbers published is due to a small number of incidents being excluded from the calculation of average response times to ensure the data is as representative and consistent over time as possible. These are Official Statistics publications and as such, the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics has sole responsibility for decisions on the methodology for these statistics and how they are presented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The excluded incidents are those for which response time may be less critical, such as fires in abandoned vehicles or derelict property, and exceptional incidents which would otherwise skew averages and hinder analysis of trends. The exclusions are in line with long-established statistical practice; details on the exclusions are set out on p.16 of the <em>Fire Incident Response Times 2012-13</em>, published in August 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 200566 200568 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:13:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 2093 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

61598

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many non-fire incidents with casualties were attended by the Fire and Rescue Service in Great Britain in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	200568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Tuesday 17 June 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Collection of statistics</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department's <em>Fire Statistics Monitor</em> publication continues to provide statistics on numbers of non-fire incidents. These are updated twice a year and data for each fire and rescue authority in England can be found in spreadsheet workbook 7 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department published numbers of casualties at non-fire incidents for the first time in the 2010-11 publication of <em>Fire Statistics Great Britain</em>. This was discontinued following a 2012 readership survey which did not identify any need for them on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Statistics on incidents attended</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for incidents with one or more casualties attended by fire and rescue authorities in Great Britain, based on the Fire and Rescue Incident Recording System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire incidents with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>8,881</p></td><td><p>8,167</p></td><td><p>7,464</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Road traffic collision with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>16,627</p></td><td><p>16,375</p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical incidents</p></td><td><p>5,278</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>5,919</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-fire incident with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>6,146</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37,086</p></td><td><p>36,787</p></td><td><p>36,473</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Statistical calculation of response times</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The difference in the primary fire numbers published is due to a small number of incidents being excluded from the calculation of average response times to ensure the data is as representative and consistent over time as possible. These are Official Statistics publications and as such, the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics has sole responsibility for decisions on the methodology for these statistics and how they are presented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The excluded incidents are those for which response time may be less critical, such as fires in abandoned vehicles or derelict property, and exceptional incidents which would otherwise skew averages and hinder analysis of trends. The exclusions are in line with long-established statistical practice; details on the exclusions are set out on p.16 of the <em>Fire Incident Response Times 2012-13</em>, published in August 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 200566 200567 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:13:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 2092 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

61599

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with refence to paragraph 1.20 of the Fire Statistics Great Britain 2012-13; what the reasons are for the difference in the number of primary fires in England attended by the Fire and Rescue Service reported in each table and table 1a of the appendices to the Fire Incidents Response Times, England 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	200566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Tuesday 17 June 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Collection of statistics</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>My Department's <em>Fire Statistics Monitor</em> publication continues to provide statistics on numbers of non-fire incidents. These are updated twice a year and data for each fire and rescue authority in England can be found in spreadsheet workbook 7 at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics-monitor</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department published numbers of casualties at non-fire incidents for the first time in the 2010-11 publication of <em>Fire Statistics Great Britain</em>. This was discontinued following a 2012 readership survey which did not identify any need for them on a regular basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Statistics on incidents attended</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below provides figures for incidents with one or more casualties attended by fire and rescue authorities in Great Britain, based on the Fire and Rescue Incident Recording System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>2011/12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012/13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013/14</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire incidents with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>8,881</p></td><td><p>8,167</p></td><td><p>7,464</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Road traffic collision with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>16,627</p></td><td><p>16,375</p></td><td><p>16,820</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Medical incidents</p></td><td><p>5,278</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>5,919</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Other non-fire incident with one or more casualties</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>6,146</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>37,086</p></td><td><p>36,787</p></td><td><p>36,473</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Statistical calculation of response times</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>The difference in the primary fire numbers published is due to a small number of incidents being excluded from the calculation of average response times to ensure the data is as representative and consistent over time as possible. These are Official Statistics publications and as such, the Department's Head of Profession for Statistics has sole responsibility for decisions on the methodology for these statistics and how they are presented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The excluded incidents are those for which response time may be less critical, such as fires in abandoned vehicles or derelict property, and exceptional incidents which would otherwise skew averages and hinder analysis of trends. The exclusions are in line with long-established statistical practice; details on the exclusions are set out on p.16 of the <em>Fire Incident Response Times 2012-13</em>, published in August 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-response-times-england-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 200567 200568 question first answered 03/07/2014 15:13:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 2095 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown