Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters were redeployed (a) nationally, (b) in Devon and Somerset and (c) in London last year.

The Department collects annual counts of staff for each fire and rescue authority in England and these are published in Fire and Rescue Operational Statistics at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics. The Department does not collect information on firefighter deployment or redeployment.