Speeches

Sarah Champion – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sarah Champion on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters in Rotherham retired before the age of 60 years in each of the last 10 years.

Brandon Lewis

The Department collects information on numbers of normal and early retirements only, it does not collect information on the specific age of these firefighters at retirement. To assist the hon. Member a table containing this information has been provided.

Wholetime and Retained Duty System firefighters

leavers from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

2002/03 – 2012/13

Compulsory/voluntary age retirements

2002-03

30

2003-04

26

2004-05

43

2005-06

35

2006-07

19

2007-08

29

2008-09

64

2009-10

43

2010-11

27

2011-12

18

2012-13

30

The Department collects information on retirements at Fire and Rescue Authority level only.