Standalone FRA financial reserves: March 2018 (accessible version)
Published 5 November 2018
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Standalone FRA reserve levels as at 31 March 2018
| FRA | General Fund (£m) | Earmarked reserves (£m) | Total resource reserves (£m) | Capital reserves (£m) | Resource reserves as a percentage of core spending Power (%) | Change since March 2011 (£m) | % Change since March 2011 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | 1.5 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 19% | 1.3 | 18% |
| Bedfordshire | 2.6 | 12.4 | 15.0 | 0.9 | 52% | 9.2 | 157% |
| Berkshire | 2.3 | 7.9 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 31% | 4.1 | 67% |
| Buckinghamshire | 1.5 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 0.5 | 35% | 2.0 | 28% |
| Cambridgeshire | 2.5 | 10.0 | 12.5 | 4.0 | 44% | 5.5 | 79% |
| Cheshire | 8.2 | 19.6 | 27.8 | 0.4 | 67% | 15.4 | 124% |
| Cleveland | 1.6 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 0.3 | 36% | 0.4 | 5% |
| Derbyshire | 2.5 | 8.3 | 10.8 | 1.3 | 29% | -1.9 | -15% |
| Devon & Somerset | 5.3 | 31.9 | 37.3 | 0.0 | 50% | 28.4 | 323% |
| Dorset & Wiltshire[footnote 1] | 6.7 | 15.6 | 22.3 | 1.1 | 41% | 13.2 | 145% |
| Durham & Darlington | 1.4 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 26% | -2.6 | -26% |
| East Sussex | 3.1 | 11.7 | 14.9 | 9.5 | 40% | 9.2 | 163% |
| Essex | 6.8 | 5.8 | 12.6 | 7.8 | 18% | 2.0 | 19% |
| Hampshire | 2.5 | 27.8 | 30.3 | 0.0 | 48% | 21.9 | 258% |
| Hereford & Worcester | 1.8 | 12.3 | 14.2 | 6.4 | 46% | 11.1 | 363% |
| Humberside | 5.3 | 5.0 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 24% | 0.1 | 1% |
| Kent | 4.1 | 28.6 | 32.7 | 8.9 | 48% | 15.3 | 88% |
| Lancashire | 7.9 | 25.6 | 33.5 | 1.7 | 62% | 11.3 | 51% |
| Leicestershire | 2.2 | 11.6 | 13.8 | 0.0 | 41% | 8.0 | 136% |
| Merseyside | 2.0 | 25.7 | 27.7 | 5.0 | 46% | 9.9 | 56% |
| North Yorkshire | 2.7 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 22% | 1.2 | 22% |
| Nottinghamshire | 7.0 | 5.2 | 12.1 | 0.3 | 30% | 2.5 | 26% |
| Shropshire | 0.5 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 1.6 | 76% | 10.2 | 173% |
| South Yorkshire | 6.1 | 18.4 | 24.5 | 0.0 | 50% | 9.5 | 64% |
| Staffordshire | 1.9 | 15.3 | 17.2 | 0.1 | 43% | 9.2 | 116% |
| Tyne and Wear | 3.9 | 21.0 | 25.0 | 3.5 | 52% | -4.8 | -16% |
| West Midlands | 8.4 | 39.0 | 47.4 | 2.7 | 50% | 23.6 | 99% |
| West Yorkshire | 14.4 | 21.4 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 45% | 27.1 | 315% |
| Total | 116.7 | 428.3 | 545.1 | 61.2 | 42% | 242.5 | 80% |
| LFEPA* | 23.7 | 34.2 | 57.8 | 1.4 | - | -11.4 | -16% |
Source: All figures taken from audited FRA statements of accounts.
Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2018 figures for Greater Manchester are not included due to the transfer of fire responsibilities to the metro mayor.
Resource reserves as a percentage of core spending power show reserves as a percentage of 2018/19 core spending power (Government grant, retained business rates and precept).
*London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. LFEPA falls under the Greater London Authority and the Mayor is responsible for setting the LFEPA budget. Separate core spending power figures for LFEPA are therefore not available.
On 1 April 2018 LFEPA was abolished and the first London Fire Commissioner appointed.
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Dorset and Wiltshire & Swindon FRAs merged on 1 April 2016 to form Dorset & Wiltshire FRA. Resource reserves held by Dorset & Wiltshire FRA as at March 2018 are compared to those held by Dorset and Wiltshire & Swindon FRAs as at March 2011. ↩