Reference:
Request detail:
We are collecting information about the number of staff employed by fire and rescue services. Below is the information we would like to obtain from you under the Freedom of Information Act.
Specifically, we would like to know how many (a) wholetime firefighter, (b) retained firefighter, (c) fire control room, (d) support staff and (e) total staff there were employed in your Fire and Rescue Service, measured by headcount, on 31 March 2019 and 31 March 2020.
We also request the (f) number of wholetime firefighters employed by your fire and rescue service as of 31 March 2019 and 31 March 2020 (headcount) that also work a retained contract, and therefore could be described as “wholetime-retained”. To clarify, we only request the number of wholetime firefighters with an additional retained contract – we are not asking whether it is with your own or another fire and rescue service.
We would appreciate a table for the respective years detailing the data in the following format:
1) How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2019:
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Headcount |
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Wholetime |
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Retained |
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Control |
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Support |
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Total |
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Wholetime-retained |
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2) How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2020:
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Headcount |
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Wholetime |
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Retained |
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Control |
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Support |
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Total |
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Wholetime-retained |
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Response detail:
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request.
Please find below the responses to your questions. Please note we have used the same criteria used for reporting to governments as requested.
- How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2019:
This data is already published on the Government’s Fire Statistics Data Tables under ‘Workforce and workforce diversity’: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#workforce-and-workforce-diversity
The table below also contains the same data.
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Headcount |
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Wholetime |
184 |
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Retained |
324 |
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Control |
19 |
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Support |
72 |
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Total |
599 |
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Wholetime-retained |
27 |
- How many people were employed by the fire and rescue service (headcount) in the following roles on 31 March 2020:
This data will be published on the Government’s Fire Statistics Data Tables this year, however please note that these figures have not yet been verified and may be subject to change
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Headcount |
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Wholetime |
181 |
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Retained |
319 |
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Control |
20 |
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Support |
83 |
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Total |
603 |
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Wholetime-retained |
27 |
