This year to date the Department has replied to 90% of letters from Hon. Members within the 20 working day standard. We aim to improve still further during the remainder of the year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Maidstone and The Weald"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mrs Helen Grant"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-09T11:47:30.2653791Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "10"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-07-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Correspondence"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has any plans to increase the number of replies within his Department's working day standard; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3929", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Simon Kirby"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Brighton, Kemptown"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Simon Kirby"} ], "uin" : "206484"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/78397", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture Media and Sport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/78397/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Maidstone and The Weald"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mrs Helen Grant"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-09T11:48:39.8902867Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "10"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-07-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Domestic Visits"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which tourist and cultural attractions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department (i) have visited and (ii) plan to visit in (A) Preston constituency, (B) Lancashire, (C) North West England and (D) London in 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Preston"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mark Hendrick"} ], "uin" : "206325"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/63199", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/63199/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
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The table below shows local authority expenditure on fire and rescue services, as well as the number of fire incidents attended, over the last decade. It illustrates the significant fall in the number of incidents attended, whilst average spending has remained broadly the same over that long-term period.<\/p>
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| <\/td> | Expenditure per head<\/em><\/p><\/td> Fire incidents attended<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> England<\/p><\/td> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> England<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2003-04<\/p><\/td> £31.98<\/p><\/td> £34.82<\/p><\/td> 13,800<\/p><\/td> 473,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2004-05<\/p><\/td> £35.83<\/p><\/td> £38.36<\/p><\/td> 9,000<\/p><\/td> 342,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2005-06<\/p><\/td> £35.40<\/p><\/td> £40.56<\/p><\/td> 8,700<\/p><\/td> 336,100<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2006-07<\/p><\/td> £36.85<\/p><\/td> £43.03<\/p><\/td> 8,600<\/p><\/td> 336,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2007-08<\/p><\/td> £38.61<\/p><\/td> £43.46<\/p><\/td> 7,700<\/p><\/td> 293,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2008-09<\/p><\/td> £38.61<\/p><\/td> £40.60<\/p><\/td> 6,300<\/p><\/td> 249,200<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2009-10<\/p><\/td> £39.54<\/p><\/td> £41.71<\/p><\/td> 6,200<\/p><\/td> 241,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> £38.48<\/p><\/td> £41.12<\/p><\/td> 5,600<\/p><\/td> 228,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> £37.64<\/p><\/td> £39.87<\/p><\/td> 6,100<\/p><\/td> 223,900<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> £36.98<\/p><\/td> £39.61<\/p><\/td> 3,300<\/p><\/td> 154,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Sources: Revenue Outturn forms and Office of National Statistic\u2019s mid-year population estimates. <\/sup><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> My Department does not publish statistics by the former Government Office Regions.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Last year, Sir Ken Knight\u2019s independent review of the fire and rescue services found huge variations in the way that local fire and rescue authorities operated. Services continue to spend according to the budget they are given, rather than to the risks they have to manage. Huge variations exist between how the 46 different fire authorities operate, with the cost per head of providing a service almost double in some areas to that of others. This did not seem to be related to whether they are large or small, rural or urban, deprived or affluent.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Sir Ken concluded that there were significant opportunities for sensible savings such as through: sharing of senior staff, reforms to flexible staffing and crewing arrangements, better procurement, shared services, collaboration with emergency services and other organisations on service delivery and estates, sickness management, locally-led mergers and operational collaborations, new fire-fighting technology, preventative approaches and working with local businesses.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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