Section 25 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament every two years on the extent to which fire and rescue authorities are acting in accordance with the Fire and Rescue National Framework, which includes a requirement that authorities publish an annual statement of assurance on financial, governance and operational matters. A copy of that report has been placed in the Library of the House.
On 15 July 2014 the Secretary of State reported that he was satisfied that each fire and rescue authority in England had been acting in accordance with the Framework.<\/p>"}
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The UK Armed Forces Quarterly Personnel report, which is published by Defence Statistics, shows Reserve trained and untrained strength figures, as well as movements into the Future Reserves 2020 population. It is available on the www.gov.uk website at the following link:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-armed-forces-quarterly-personnel-report-2014<\/p>
<\/p>
The trained strength of the Future Reserves 2020 population as at 1 April 2014 exceeded the target figures set out in the Written Ministerial Statement and paper that the former Defence Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) placed in the Library of the House on 19 December 2013, (Official Report, column 124WS), as shown below:<\/p>
<\/p>
| <\/td> | 1 April 2014<\/strong><\/p> Target<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1 April 2014 Actual<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 21,780<\/p><\/td> 22,480<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Maritime Reserve<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,780<\/p><\/td> 1,870<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Army Reserve<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 18,800<\/p><\/td> 19,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr> RAuxiliaryAF<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 1,200<\/p><\/td> 1,220<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> We are committed to achieving our target of 35,000 trained Reserves by the end of 2018-19.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90066/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> The proportion of UK food consumption that was produced in the UK was 63% in 1994 and 53% in 2004. The detailed trade data used in this calculation is not available before 1988.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> The latest available figures for 2013 give the proportion as 53%.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> A full time series from 1988 to 2013 is available in Chapter 14 (table 14.5) of the publication \u2018Agriculture in the United Kingdom\u2019 at:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> |