FOI / 3845 / 2018 - School Fire Checks and Enforcements
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Initial Request:
1) How many fire checks have been undertaken at schools in the area covered by your fire department for each of the years mentioned?
2) For each year, I would ask for the number of enforcement notices issued to schools who failed the fire checks undertaken.
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Final Response:
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1) How many fire checks have been undertaken at schools in the area covered by your fire department for each of the years mentioned? | |||||
Year | No. of Fire Safety audits | ||||
1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 | 221 | ||||
1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 | 217 | ||||
1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 | 138 | ||||
1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 | 233 | ||||
1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012 | 166 | ||||
1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 | 190 | ||||
1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 | 224 | ||||
1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 | 143 | ||||
1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 | 63 | ||||
1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 | 16 | ||||
2) For each year, I would ask for the number of enforcement notices issued to schools who failed the fire checks undertaken. | |||||
Year | No. of Enforcements | ||||
1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 | 0 | ||||
1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 | 3 | ||||
1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 | 0 | ||||
1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 | 0 | ||||
1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012 | 1 | ||||
1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 | 0 | ||||
1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 | 0 | ||||
1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 | 0 | ||||
1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 | 0 | ||||
1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 | 0 |