Dear Duncan,

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) hereby acknowledges receipt of your request for information as detailed below, which is being actioned under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. This is now receiving the Service’s attention and a response will normally be provided within 20 working days of the date of receipt.

To confirm, your request was received on 23rd August 2023, and you have supplied an email address for response.

Kind Regards,

Olivia Partington BA (Hons)

Cynorthw-ydd Gweinyddol Swyddogaeth Gweithrediadau / Operations Function Administrative Assistant
Swyddog Cefnogi Llywodraethu Gwybodaeth / Information Governance Support Officer
Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

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Dear Sir,

 

Further to your recent request to North Wales Fire and Rescue Service
(NWFRS) made under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act regarding
the Retained Duty System (RDS) establishment and budget, the response from
NWFRS is as follows:

 

How many Retained Duty System (RDS) staff were employed in North Wales, in
2010?

 

553

 

What should the RDS establishment level have been in North Wales in 2010
(if the Service had a full complement of staff)?

 

557

 

What was the annual financial budget set for the RDS, in 2010?

 

This information is not held, as financial records are kept for 7 years
only, in line with Welsh Government retention and disposal regulations.

 

Also, could you please answer the same questions for years; 2015, 2020 and
the current year 2023?

 

Number of Retained Duty System (RDS) staff employed in North Wales in
2015, 2020, and 2023:

 

Year    Headcount

2015    433

2020    438

2023    453

 

            RDS establishment level in North Wales in 2015, 2020 and 2023:

 

2015    557

2020    557

2023    557

 

Annual financial budget set for the RDS in 2015, 2020 and 2023:

 

2015 - This information is not held, as financial records are kept for 7
years only, in line with Welsh Government retention and disposal
regulations.

2020/1 - £4.406m

2023/4 - £5.157m

 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original correspondence and should be addressed to:

 

The Freedom of Information Officer

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters

Ffordd Salesbury

St Asaph Business Park

St Asaph

Denbighshire

LL17 0JJ

 

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have a
right to appeal to the Information Commissioner at:

 

The Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45

Website: [1]www.ico.gov.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Swyddog Rhyddid Gwybodaeth/Freedom of Information Officer
Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub Gogledd Cymru/North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

 

[2][email address].cymru / [3][email address].wales

Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth a galwadau yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg - byddwn
yn ymateb yn gyfartal i’r ddwy ac yn ateb yn eich dewis iaith heb oedi.

We welcome correspondence and calls in Welsh and English - we will respond
equally to both and will reply in your language of choice without delay.

Gwnewch yn siŵr eich bod yn profi’ch larwm mwg yn rheolaidd. Os nad oes
gennych larwm, neu os ydy’ch larwm wedi torri, ffoniwch 0800 169 1234,
anfonwch e-bost i [4][email address].cymru  neu ewch i
[5]www.tangogleddcymru.llyw.cymru am gyngor  ynglŷn â beth i’w wneud
nesaf.

 

Please make sure that you regularly check your smoke alarm.  If you do not
have one, or find that the one that you do have is not working, call 0800
169 1234, e-mail [6][email address].wales or visit
[7]www.northwalesfire.gov.wales for advice on what to do next.

 

 

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